The most original and valuable part of TBF is how it offers kids the opportunity to think of view reading as a lifelong joy and pleasure. Too often children learn that reading is a chore involving both homework and class discussion that steer them toward a lesson. At TBF, writers and readers connect in a well organized smorgasbord of enthusiasm, conversation, questions, and pure glee. This is a unique (and increasingly rare) experience and TBF gives it to every reader that it can reach. Garret Freymann-Weyr