Harleen's MS Readathon: One Tiny Reader, Unlimited Book Opinions
Meet Harleen: professional book lover, part-time storyteller, and full-time critic of any book that doesn't immediately contain dinosaurs, animals, or something she can dramatically point at.
This year, Harleen has taken on the MS Readathon, combining two of her favourite activities: reading books and acquiring more books than any small human reasonably needs.
On a typical day, Harleen can be found settling into her reading chair with a towering stack of books. Within minutes, she has either:
- Read every book.
- Re-read every book.
- Read them upside down.
- Narrated them entirely from memory.
- Or confidently invented a completely different story that bears no resemblance to the original.
Honestly, the authors would probably be impressed.
Harleen is participating in the MS Readathon to help raise awareness and support for people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). While she may not fully understand the complexities of neurological conditions just yet, she absolutely understands that reading books is important and that helping people is a good thing.
So far, her reading strategy has been highly sophisticated:
1. Select a book.
2. Demand the book be read.
3. Read the book herself.
4. Carry the book everywhere.
5. Read it again.
6. Ask for another book.
It's a system that has proven remarkably effective.
The MS Readathon encourages children to discover the joy of reading while supporting a great cause, and Harleen has embraced the challenge with the enthusiasm of someone who genuinely believes bedtime is just another opportunity to squeeze in five more stories.
As the pages continue to turn, Harleen is proving that even the smallest readers can make a big difference. She may be tiny, but her book collection, imagination, and determination to read "just one more" are absolutely enormous.
Good luck, Harleen! May your bookmarks stay where you left them, may your stories never end, and may your parents survive being asked to read the same book seventeen times in a row.🤣
Current reading statistics:
Books read: Many.
Books memorised: Suspiciously many.
Books left to read: Never enough.
Times she's said "one more book": Scientists are still counting.
You’re my hero Harleen❤️