I was in Decatur, Georgia last week for the On the Same Page program.
The kids in Decatur were reading Because of Winn-Dixie, and several of the schools that I visited had made video montages and bulletin boards of students together with their dogs. I was standing in front of one of these bulletin boards, admiring all the smiling dogs and the smiling kids, when a boy came up and stood next to me.
I said to him, ���This bulletin board makes me so happy.���
And he said, ���Why?���
I said, ���I...