So some people say reading it is too painful and insulting for black children.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

When the man finished reading it, he looked at his friend.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

It's unbelievable! Through reading this story, I feel that we should live strong no matter how much pain we are in.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

It won a Pulitzer Prize and is often required reading in high school.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

"As long as I can remember, it was animals,animals. Even before I could talk, I was watching earthworms and things, reading Doctor Doolittle books, wanting to learn the language of animals.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

It measures listening and reading skills.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Here is a reading of his description of his first sight of the bats and the big cave: "I thought it was a volcano, but then,I'd never seen a volcano nor never before had I seen bats swarm, for that matter.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

It's like you're reading a manual that would have been more appropriate during the Nazi era than in the United States of America,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

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

"I think I need it to do all the things it can do, like book reading, and to replace my computer during trips abroad."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

He says he is sending the code back to the legislature for a second reading so that it can obtain the support and understanding of Mali's citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

This is the event! In fact I was reading in Vanity Fair and they quoted that Comic-Con is the new Sundance, it is the new Cannes Film Festival."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23