With a jaunty rhyme and a diverse cast of characters at various stages of reading and writing, there is something for everyone here. Learning to read? Scan, sound, simmer, think. You can guzzle words and ink. You might stumble, you might sigh. But readers practice, grow, and fly! Learning to write? Wake, watch, wonder, plot. You can weave with words and thoughts. Still staring at an empty page? Every writer knows that stage. Ask "What if?" Change your view. Try a pen—or stick—that's new. But writers read and draft, and fly! You are a Reader! / You are a Writer! is a book made to be read twice, once from the front and once from the back. Seen one way, children will see all the joys that reading can bring, but flip it over and they'll be inspired by the imaginative possibilities of writing!