A bookworm mom's worst nightmare

I wanted to read to my kids. They had other ideas.

A mother and child.
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If you had asked me when I was growing up what reading to my future children would be like one day, I would have described something akin to the cover image from my gold-edged copy of Little Women, showing Marmee reading a letter from Mr. March with her four daughters snuggled around her.

And if you understand even part of that reference, you know exactly how big a book-loving school nerd I am.

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Rosie Colosi

Rosie Colosi has been working in children's publishing as an author, editor, copywriter, and book club manager for over 15 years. Once upon a time, she played Mrs. Claus in the Rockettes' Radio City Christmas Spectacular, but now she mostly focuses on singing songs from Annie to her two little girls.