It is important for parents to teach their children to associate learning with sweetness, enjoyment, and pleasure. Suggestions to help parents make reading to their children a special time are: (1) make reading a "snuggle time"; (2) visit the library once a week; (3) develop a regular reading time with children; (4) select appropriate reading materials; and (5) do not stop reading to children just because they reach a certain age. The literacy crisis is enormous in California and throughout the United States. Parents can help their children and their community to confront this growing problem by becoming a literacy volunteer; becoming informed about the library's literacy programs; assisting children in recognizing the value of literacy; and helping their children overcome reading barriers. (RS)