A poem by Bob Godec (with apologies to Dr. Seuss)
Written for the ACST “Reading Rocks!” Assembly
March 2009

I’ve come here today
With my striped hat and tie
For reading is magic
And I want to say why.

So this I must tell,
For it is just what is true
When you read a good book
You’ll never be blue.

Left all alone?
No one to play?
Read a short story 
It’ll take you away!

With books as your friends
You’ll go many places
Some far, far away…
Why you’re off to the races!

There’ll be castles and dragons
And flights to the moon
Oh my, 
my, 
my, 
my,
Don’t you want to go soon?

One day you can run
A race out on Mars
And the next you can sip
Tea with the stars.

You can cross a great desert
On a camel, in the sun
And find a lost kingdom
Now won’t that be fun!

Want to climb a tall mountain?
Meet a wizard or two?
Just open a book
There’ll be wonders for you.

For me a good book
Or a story so right
Is just what it takes
To make life really bright.

So I hope you will read
And give adventure a try
For there’s magic in words
And now you know why.

Well it’s time, I must go
But I’ll leave you with this
Trust the Cat in the Hat
And you just cannot miss.