National Read a Child a Book You Like Day (28 September)

It's the birthday of Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), author of _Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm_ (1903). I remember her name from primary school libraries. Her books were still being recommended in the 1950s, though I don't think I ever read one.
She founded kindergartens for poor children in California.
I've enjoyed reading to children when the occasion has arisen. But there are none resident in this house. So a couple of years ago I suggested a bedtime story reading to my wife, and she thought that was a nice idea. We started with Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories. (I wanted to re-read it, and thought it would be more fun to share it.) Then we worked our way through a large collection of the Brothers Grimm (in English). We've just finished Kipling's Just-So Stories. I'm not sure what I'll do next. She's often asleep within a few minutes after I start, but that's OK. I enjoy the reading, even without a conscious audience. And she enjoys sleeping.