In Defense of Summer Reading Freedom

I am a huge fan of reading.  And a huge fan of summer.

But I am not a fan of Summer Reading Requirements for kids.

That's not to say I don't think kids should read in the summer time.  I do.  At my house, you'll find us all settling in with our books & sweaty glasses of iced lemonade at about the same time every afternoon.  So if that's your idea of a summer reading program, then forget what I said about not being a fan.  It's that other kind of Summer Reading I'm talking about.  The kind with c