I love to read because it takes me to another world ....When I am reading "Charlie and the chocolate factory", I feel as if I am one of the five children who got the golden tickets, I am right there, by the flowing chocolate river. When I am reading "Asterix" books, I could easily be one of the gauls living in the Gaulish village. Reading also makes me know about so many things that I did not know before, and that makes me smarter. Books are like my friends so I am never lonely....."

RR inspires me to read more and more....there are sooo many books around, I don't know where to start. I love it when Atula Maa'm reads books to us,makes us play word games, gives us work sheets, makes us rhyme and gives us free reading time. I could even write a poem with her help. This vacation, I had been to Switzerland with my parents. There, I saw a fat cat and with the help of my mother, I wrote a poem on the fat cat. It goes like this:

The CAT of Switzerland In Switzerland,
I saw a striped cat, He was OBESE, and that means fat!

His eyes were yellowish green,
He was standing at the entrance of Chalet "Beryn".

When he saw me, he purred "meow",
But I thought he said "wow"!

I think he likes to eat bread,
If he doesn't get it, he turns red!

Then he saw a mouse, He ran after the mouse,
and the mouse ran into his house!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Aatman Vakil, Age 7

Books are the best companions one can have.

Namrata Shah, Ahmedabad

Books contain endless source of knowledge & pleasure. I believe if I can teach my daughter to love to read, I am handing down a special gift which will enrich her life as nothing else can do.

RR has helped her to further develop her language skills, her ability to read alone, be more interactive & confident for which I am very grateful.

Khushi Palkiwala, Ahmedabad

I myself a great lover of books, wanted to inculcate the habit in my son. Thanks to RR it really helped him to do that. Now he reads a lot and once he is with a book, nothing matters to him. Even if I shout at him, he won't get up unless he finished his book, but I am happy about it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Rupali Modi, RR parent

The other day when I was reading the book 'The Namesake'by Jhumpa Lahiri, I came across a wonderful quote about books which I like to share with everyone- "Through books we can travel the whole world without moving an inch." So let's begin this wonderful journey.

- Ms. Madhuri Pandey, India

Reading for a dyslexic is a challenge in itself. And when i find my students begin reading novels and stories, it gives me immense pleasure that I have made a difference in atleast one life!

- Mrs. Kaur, India

Reading is like eating a chocolate.. as satisfying, and doesn't add the calories...

- Ms. Aparna, India

Early one school day, in the flurry of activity at home to get our children ready for school, I realized suddenly that Azul, our eldest
son, was nowhere to be found. I searched everywhere on the ground floor where he would normally be at that hour, called for him, but there was no sign of Azul.

So I ran upstairs, checking every room, including the bathroom that he normally uses. Still no Azul. I finally tried my own bathroom. There, on the pot (western toilet) was Azul, with a smile on his face. He really was waiting for me to find him.

With all the anxiety in me, I yelled at my son, "What in heavens are you doing here?!" He held up a children's book that he was reading and said with a smirk, "You read your newspaper on the pot? Why can't I read a book?"

Now we have a problem on our hands. Our son loves to read but he takes forever to poop!

- Prof Brij Kothari, California, USA

Reading about the experiences of others,we, my husband and I remember those days when our kids were 3 and four years old. Every evening they would wait eagerly for the story telling sessions and we would watch them lap up every detail and can still remember the bright , intense look on their faces. They grew up loving their books, and became keenly interested in reading. It not only opened a world of information, but also enabled them in comprehending everything faster. We found that very often they were their own teachers!Today they seem like budding writers to us. I really believe in the initiative that RR has taken up and am sure it will go a long way in their endeavour.

- Vijaya Srivastava, India

My eldest nephew (only 2 and a half years old) loves listening to stories that I read to him. I am going to print stories invented by the Reading Rainbow children and tell them to my son and nephews.

- Antonella Micelli, Rome, Italy

My husband and I have also noticed that he has become a keen observer and thinks quite well for his age. His vocabulary is quite good and he always has appropriate words to put his thoughts across.

Seeing our son gain so much from reading we have already started exposing our one year old daughter, Meha to books. We want both our kids to be creative, imaginative, intelligent and good thinkers- and nothing can give these skills to them better than the habit of reading.

- Amita Parekh, Ahmedabad

Books are my companion.

- Apurva A Mishhra (Age 8 years), India

We get more knowledge from books. I love reading.

- Darsh Modi (8 years), India

Books are a pleasure to read and from reading I get lot of knowledge as well as refreshment. I love them.

- Anmol Bhatia

It's been a year since Darsh joined Reading Rainbow. I can see a complete transformation in him. The boy used to be so shy, a boy who could not speak English confidently, is now the most talkative and bubbly child. Not only that, he wants to read all the time. And his English skills?- he just wants to converse in English and knows the language well. I thank RR for improving his language skills and of course building his confidence.