Shouldn't you be outside playing?

"No!" says that old pasty-face Lemony Snicket, who is calling upon young people to "stay indoors and read" this northern hemisphere summer.
"Mr. Snicket believes that summertime is such a dangerous season, what with sunburn and melted ice cream and the possibility of summer camp, that it's best to stay indoors and read," said Snicket's "representative", Daniel Handler, who still denies the overwhelming evidence that he is in fact the author of the million-selling Snicket books, A Series of Unfortunate Events.
He suggested that in summer, to avoid the heat, humidity and insects, children might want to stay inside, "with a good book and a glass of lemonade that has not been poisoned" - perhaps even one of his own "wretched books".
Mr Handler, or possibly Mr Snicket, was speaking at the launch of Barnes and Noble's annual Summer Reading Program, in which the big chain store provides a reading journal, all you have to do is read, and you get a free book. Cool.
The only other thing is that you have to live in the US. But hey... We have the Storylines Festival in NZ soon, and Reading Challenges are already underway in lots of schools in Australia this very moment.