The Favorite Poem Project collected video of Americans from all backgrounds,ages and places reading their favorite poems and talking about them.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

You can see more Americans reading and talking about poetry on the Web site,www.favoritepoem.org.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

He said reading to his two sons about ancient Greece was one reason.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

She had spent much of her time reading and writing about animals.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Their goal was to make a television show that would teach young children about subjects like reading and math in a way that was entertaining and fun to watch.

VOA: special.2009.11.27

That makes fans want to keep on reading, to get a better understanding of what Astrix, and France,is all about.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

And the fact that you can just go up and engage in a conversation about what they're reading, that really reinforces the community."

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Maybe not everyone takes it that seriously. But reading what we read here, and engaging in honest conversation about it, has to change you."

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

we are human beings,'". Khalaf says that before working on this book, she never thought much about the death penalty, but she was deeply touched by reading the stories of men who often grew up in broken homes and who,as one inmate says, "became lost souls as children."

VOA: standard.2009.10.21