" Without knowing it, the adults in our lives practiced a most productive kind of behavior modification. After our chores and household duties were done we were give "permission" to read. In other words, our elders positioned reading as a privilege - a much sought-after prize, granted only to those goodhardworkers who earned it. How clever of them. "

― Mildred Armstrong Kalish , Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression