Children are never too old to be read to either. I remember working with a talented student teacher who was placed in a challenging classroom of sixth graders, all of whom had been identified as being at risk of failing or dropping out of school. The student teacher did an excellent job with them, though they were often rowdy. One day when the classroom teacher was out, I walked into the classroom, and the first thing I noticed was that I could hear only one voice, and the kids were all awake! In fact, they had their eyes glued on the student teacher, who was reading them Stone Soup (Brown, 1989), a picture book fairy tale.