My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World, by Malcolm Mitchell, illustrated by Michael Robertson

This story is about the typical child who cannot find a “good” book to read. They are certain it doesn’t exist. Until one day, something happens that changes everything….

Based on the true story of Malcolm Mitchell, Super Bowl champion, as he struggled with finding his love for books. As a young child his teacher’s homework assignment was to bring to school his favorite book in the whole world. Malcolm’s feelings about books weren’t very good. As a matter of fact, he would rather be playing. He had tried reading books before but found that they lacked action, had too big of words, and was just too hard to do.

His mother tells him that the best stories are often found inside of ourselves so Malcolm is inspired to write and share his own book with the class. It was a hit! His classmates loved it and Malcolm finally found his love with a book. To this day, he loves reading.