A list of worthy family experiences which are made more enjoyable through reading would indeed be lengthy. For example, there is the growing family recipe cabinet, made up of the best recipes found in papers, pamphlets, and magazines; the annual order of seeds and shrubs for the family garden, composed after much reading and rereading of seed catalogs; the model boat built by following diagrams and printed instructions in which several members take turns at working together studying and interpreting; the map corner in which maps depicting family automobile trips are placed, some hanging from the walls, others neatly mounted in a large scrapbook; the herb garden in the window box, the result of much study of herbs in garden books and reference material; the costumed doll collection made by children and parents with the help of wide reading for information and pictures; the growing collection of advertisements, pictures, and figures pertaining to automobiles, made by the whole family in order to select a car which in the family consensus is the best buy.
And think of the list of books which a family may enjoy in common. One father said it would be a real loss of opportunity if he did not keep up with the reading of his three children; the books which they brought home from school and public library, he thought, were too good to miss. He reported reading some which he had missed in childhood, and felt doubly grateful that his age and sophistication did not keep him from enjoying them.
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