Love to
read? Pass it on by becoming a tutor
SGV Tribune: 12.17.2016 by Anissa Rivera
I am a big believer in small joys. My oldest son
was always an enthusiastic reader, devouring books on dinosaurs and later,
Thomas the Tank Engine and anything by Eric Carle.
I thought my little offspring was growing up so
erudite. Yeah, right.
When he was 6, he read the word “butler,” and
promptly fell into paroxysms of glee.
“But-ler! Alfred is Batman’s BUT-LER!” he
hollered. He couldn’t believe he had discovered a word that contained the
forbidden term “butt” (his proper mama always told him to say “bottom”
instead).
The memory delights us to this day, even though
his literary tastes now run less along DC Comics and more into Gabriel Garcia
Marquez. (Thanks to Mr. Erb’s English class.)
We are people of the book, as journalist and
science fiction writer Cory Doctorow once said. And it’s hard for us to imagine
life without them.
Cathay Reta is working hard to make our tribe of
readers increase. Reta, adult literacy coordinator at Azusa City Library, hopes to train more
tutors for its literacy programs. She works with the Foothill
Learning Alliance, a new nonprofit formed to advocate,
increase community awareness and raise funds for The Literacy Programs at the
Azusa City Library.
Reta is connected to other libraries that offer
basic literacy programs such as those in Glendora,
Covina, Monrovia, Altadena and Monterey Park. READ MORE @
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