The Million Different Journeys of a Reader: a Contemplation

Every night, during our prayer time, my third son has been praying he’ll be an Accelerated Reader millionaire. 

My sons’ school rewards their AR millionaires with a limousine ride to a local smoothie shop and a pizza party, so there’s some incentive to becoming a millionaire. I’m not a huge fan of the program when it’s used in connection with grades—because I believe kids will naturally become good readers if they find the right books, and they need to do that without rewards or it becomes ro...