We resurrected Rev. Fitzpatrick's idea, setting up the first modern reading tents in each provincial and territorial capital on Canada Day, 1989. Since then, people have set up reading tents (still bearing the sign, Reading Tent — All Welcome) in malls, parks, city halls, hockey rinks ... just about everywhere. It's simple and fun to do, and it's giving our children an important message -- that books belong everywhere, not just in schools and libraries.