Now That's What I Call a Tome!

As I knelt at a gap-toothed first grader's desk and encouraged him to do his best in school today, he reached into his backpack, pulled out a book, and said in all seriousness, " Here, Miss Mimi. I thought you might like to read this to us in guidance class." Hiding a grin, I checked and discovered that the book had 1096 pages. Now that would be one 
l-o-o-o-o-n-g guidance lesson!