Parent participation: "My mom also reads and does research.

"Not here," she said, nudging her head toward the den where my mom and dad were reading the newspaper.

My mom read parts of the book and she asked me, "Where did you learn to speak that way?"

So why can't my mom or dad read a Harry Potter book just for that kind of simple fun?

Her mom was holding her martini and reading a Sunday edition's society page.

"I mean, my mom read that stuff," he said recently, his sheepish grin fading.

My mom was reading a book and looking a little sheepish.

"I'd love to be a fly on the wall when my mom reads that," said the groom, grinning broadly.

My mom read me stories every night and I read to her.

My mom and dad would read to me a lot.