Walter Dean Myers is being sworn in today as the new Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, an ungainly title, but a great job. His stated theme for his time in the post is, “Reading is not optional.” On NPR this morning he talks about his life, reading, and some of the initiatives he hopes to undertake, including getting people to read to babies from their earliest months of life. He believes that if babies being born now are read to consistently over his two year ambassadorship, that alone will change the world. I’m with him. Go, Walter! Love and blessings surround you!