31.   As the television cameras rolled, President Bush listened intently to children reading at a Michigan elementary school.

32.   At night he read bits of the growing book to a circle of friends, including C.S. Lewis.

33.   At night they read by the flickering light of kerosene lanterns.

34.   Ask Kevin Twidle, who is reading it at the South Pole.

35.   Beckett wrote to Miss Mitchell about the books he was reading at the time, including the Book of Genesis.

36.   Beginning immediately, no child will leave third grade who cannot read at grade level.

37.   Book publishing provides a sure guideline for historians, and the question of what people were reading at a certain time is an important window on an age.

38.   Bible publishers cite findings that nearly half the public cannot read at an eighth-grade level.

39.   Bill Clinton gave Maya Angelou recognition when he asked her to read at his inauguration.

40.   Both boys are given partial scholarships, though they read at a fourth-grade level.