Fix-It

One morning Emma gets up early to watch television. But the TV won’t work. No one can fix it—not Mom, not Dad, not even the repairman. Neither can a balloon or a song or playing horsey fix Emma’s disappointment. But then Emma’s mother reads her a book. “Read it again,” says Emma. “And again.” And when Emma’s father finally realizes what’s wrong with the TV—it was just unplugged!—Emma is too busy reading to care. The power of books to enthrall has rarely been presented in such a clever, simple…