When it comes time to write the memoir, oh, the tales your library card could tell:

Age 6: Amelia Bedelia. Age 10: The Baby-sitters Club. Age 14: Lace. Age 19: Bronte, Dostoyevsky, Goethe (mandatory Euro Lit).

But now, well, who’s got time to read?

You do. Really. And it’s time to share your inner bookworm with a kid in need. Everybody Wins South Florida is the local chapter of the national literacy program that pairs professionals (or anyone with a flexible work schedule) with elementary school children for one lunch hour per week for quality reading time.

You and your buddy choose a book, read, and discuss. No term papers or critical theory. Just a chance to share a good story. Who knows? In ten years, you may be listening to Suzy’s valedictorian speech about how your oh-so enlightening discussions inspired her to apply to Yale.

Or just to get a library card.

Either way, it’s a story for the books.