The Reading Promise

Alice Ozma was named for Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. She graduated from college and is finishing graduate school. She was accepted into the master's program for liberal arts at the University of Pennsylvania on the strength of her essay about Reading with My Father - The Streak.

'Alice Ozma has given us the gift of a remarkable love story. In her love of books, and of her father, we see the most meaningful promises we might make to our own parents, our own children, and to ourselves.' -- Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor of The Last Lecture 'Tender, funny, and deeply readable, THE READING PROMISE tells the story of how a simple ritual became a treasured father-daughter tradition. Promise yourself to revisit what matters ... promise you'll pick up this tribute to the ways in which books change lives.' -- Erin Blakemore, author of The Heroine's Bookshelf 'THE READING PROMISE is a powerful testament to the difference a parent's devotion and the act of reading can make in a child's life. A rare and triumphant story.' -- Chris Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happyness 'Clearly fabulous for libraries everywhere... My pick.' -- Library Journal 'This is about so much more than books and reading. It's about single-parenthood and childhood, about raising a loving, witty, articulate kid, and all of it accomplished without anyone turning into the Alpha-Parent/Tiger-Dad.' -- Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook