In this article, the author answers specific questions: Just how do I foster an aesthetic stance? What types of activities encourage an efferent stance? She carefully explains her position--that the aesthetic stance in reading is missing in schools--and outlines what teachers must do to balance efferent reading with aesthetic. She also discusses the literary experiences of children across ages--from the young child acquiring language to the college student. Nurturing both efferent and aesthetic linguistic abilities, from the beginning and throughout the entire curriculum, will ensure success in the teaching of both kinds of reading.