Ashley Kehl kept a watchful eye on her foster daughter as the little girl bounded back and forth from her bedroom to the living room, carrying book after book, her small feet pattering against the hardwood floor.

As the 2-year-old girl flipped through the pages of a "Wizard of Oz" book, she paused at a picture of the Cowardly Lion.

"Rawr!" she growled.

Soon, she bounced back to her room and on to the next book.