a sign of a good book

In the midst of guided reading today one of my little girls yelped.

"Oh, Mrs. Lipstick!" she declared, "I didn't know you were there. I didn't know I was here! For a minute there I thought I was reading at home!" She looked confused, shocked, and a little disheveled as she glanced from the book to me.

I smiled.

Welcome, I wanted to say, Welcome to the world of being a reader.