Helping moms raise readers with virtue
… even if you don’t feel literary
Do you want your children to grow up loving beautiful books?
Are you tired of screens running your home?
Not sure where to start or what to choose?
You’re in the right place!
I’ll help you turn reading into a natural part of your family life—without pressure, perfection, or overwhelm.
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The Virtue Readers: A Primer is a warm, honest, and conviction-filled introduction to building a reading culture rooted in truth, beauty, and goodness — written by a not-so-literary mom of five whose children all genuinely love books.
This is not a how-to guide or a rigid system.
It’s the why beneath the what.
If you’re longing for a slower, richer, more meaningful reading life in your home — this primer is your starting point.
Inside, you’ll discover:
• why reading culture is formed long before a child reads independently
• how small environmental shifts change everything
• how to recognize books that nourish rather than merely entertain
• how ordinary parents can raise extraordinary readers
Hi, I’m Suzanne
I’m a mom of five beautiful children (aka my very own Virtue Readers), all fearfully and wonderfully made — and all wildly different.
When it comes to reading, they range from gifted to intellectually disabled… and every single one of them loves books.
Yes, really.
And that’s kind of the whole point.
Because books are for everyone.
Any child can learn to love them.
Here’s the part that surprises people: I’m not a literary mom. Not even close.
I wasn’t raised on great books. I don’t have an English degree. I didn’t grow up reciting poetry or quoting the classics. I’m just a tired, determined mom who desperately wanted to get her kids off screens and into something better — and had no idea where to start.
I wanted to raise book lovers… without becoming someone I wasn’t.
So I started researching. And experimenting. And paying attention to what actually worked in a real, chaotic, imperfect home with five kids, one bathroom, and more interruptions than I can count.
Slowly, something beautiful happened.
Books became our peace.
Our school.
Our entertainment.
Our shared language.
Our default.
Now our home is bursting with stories — and so are my children.
I created The Virtue Readers because I don’t believe this should feel overwhelming, elite, or out of reach.
You don’t need to be literary.
You don’t need a perfect system.
You don’t need more guilt.
You just need a gentle nudge in the right direction — and someone who’s already walked it.
That’s me.
And I’m really glad you’re here.
- and I wasn’t always a bookworm
