This e-mail from David S. of Georgia is–well, just read it:

I’ll have to admit to being annoyed more than once for your persistent pitches in The Corner for various NR books. But I gave in and bought the Bedtime Stories volume in late December, and it has been nothing short of terrific. This is the first “chapter book” that I have read to my oldest son, a five-year-old, and so I was unsure if he’d be interested.
Boy, was that concern unfounded. We read 2 to 4 chapters each night, and no matter how many I read, he pleads for more. And, even better, I’m enjoying the stories myself, so much more than the typical “age appropriate” books thrown at children these days. They’re interesting, exciting, and fun, not to mention full of the kind of values I’m trying to instill in my children. In fact, just the other day I was talking with my son about how he can help diffuse arguments with his younger brother, and I used Jerry Muskrat and his cousin the Beaver as an example.
So thanks to you and the fine folks at NR for making such a wonderful book available. Keep up the good work.

David, you’ve made our month–we’re warm and fuzzy knowing that NR’s acclaimed kids books are doing precisely what we hoped they would! And you can get The National Review Treasury of Classic Bedtime Stories (Did I mention it’s FREE?! Did I mention L. Frank Baum’s classic tale, Queen Zixi of Ix, is FREE too?!) during NR’s special children’s book sale. Order here.