-actualized". She believes her success is due to reading the classics regularly since childhood, a habit she is now . book and have adopted the author’s prescription of reading a classic once a week, or at least once a month. wholeheartedly agree that we should encourage children to read the classics. I think that it is great that teachers . people would disagree with that statement considering most classics and school reads are considered "banned books" for different reasons. Just. definitions of classics in the top post, will they do? As far as 'canons' go, in this forum we can. ! I agree that children should be encouraged to read the classics, although I am sure there are as many . I think it a healthy culture which encourages reading of these classics every day to children. Time should be set.