Sylla-bullys – hard words.

Sounding out – acting out’s louder cousin.

Mis-Guided reading - the Nancy Drew box set Aunt Lola gives your son each year.

Lie-brary – /usage: noun/ “Why were you late for dinner?” “I was at the lie-brary”.

Chaps-her – Replacing your daughter’s Judy Blume book with Mark Twain.

Graphic novel – the only literature your 10-year old will recognize as purchase-worthy.

Mag-a-tween – The Tiger Beat initiation into magazine subscriptions for years to come.

Book Mark – the rectangular, dust-free oasis under the book that’s been abandoned for something with a screen.

Comic Book – ironically, neither.

Page-turner – Your job, along with silly voices, from birth to age five.

Con-tens – the fourth and fifth grade “my parents aren’t smart enough to figure it out” syndrome.