mr. into an reading is fundamental. >> 46 years ago, margie mcnamara went to a meeting that jacqueline kennedy called a ball cap matt haas says and mrs. kennedy has said too told each house, we are each going to do something to make washington a better place for the people who live and work here every day. mrs. mcnamara had a great reputation as a reading tutor. she tutored the wealthier children in town and she tutored children from very poor economic backgrounds. she had found one day in her tutoring how much it meant to the three boys she was tutoring a local public school to be given a book. she had books that are children had years before that had been left at home of course. she let each of them take a book home. well, one of the mothers came to school the next day to return the stolen boat. i said no, we want to chose to have the book and that started the tradition of when i present a book to a shot of writing the child's name in it. it does not pretend to be the teacher of reading. risk is here to help children, particularly those most at risk of not learning to read well and on time.