BOULDER — Jashon Sykes remembers reading bedtime stories to his first daughter (now 15 years old) and wondering why the stories weren't more impactful.
"I noticed then that whenever you read to a kid, it is one of the few opportunities that you have their undivided attention," said Sykes, a former Colorado standout and Denver Broncos linebacker. "It struck me that when you have their undivided attention, it should be an opportunity for them to be learning. The message in the storybook should be something they can retain, not just a pointless story. I thought to myself that I could write one of these books and it could have an educational angle to it, something they could learn from.