Speed Reading

I was an early reader.

I learned to read by watching my older sister read Serendipity books when I was three.

When I was five, I read Charlotte's Web.

What can I say, I was a prodigy.

So, I am delighted to see how hooked Travis is on reading.

Every night, he reads a few chapters from a Junie B. Jones book. He gets through a book in about two or three nights. We always pick up a couple from the library every time we go.  Two weeks ago, I bought him a set of six in a bookstore sale.

He's already through them all.

We went to the library tonight, turned in our other Junie B. books, and picked up two more. Since he's flying through them, I suggested we check out some other chapter books for him.

I picked out a book from the "Freddie Fernortner, Fearless First Grader" series and showed it to Travis.

I'd never heard of this series before, but I picked it because, well, it's about a first grade boy. And Travis is a first grade boy. He looked at it, gave it a nod of approval, so we added it to our stack and checked it out.

That was two hours ago.

Two minutes ago, he finished the whole thing.

All 89 pages. All fourteen chapters and even a bonus chapter from Book 2 in the series, which was included at the end of the book.

He soaks this stuff up like a sponge. He just can't get enough.

He's his momma's boy, all right.

Now, let's just see if he turns into a spelling champ as well.

Or a laundry-phobe.


Either one seems pretty likely.