Why do new generation kids hate reading books?
Because schools teach them that reading is boring. When my first son was little, he loved books. He loved stories from the time he could focus his little eyes on my face. I read to him every night, and it was his favourite thing in the world. By the time he was three, all he wanted in the world was to be able to read by himself because books were the bestest things in the whole wide world. But, to be clear, I was reading him good books. I carefully chose picture books based on the story. I wanted books with an interesting narrative. Books with conflict and resolution. Books that engaged his imagination and made him want to live in the world of the story. The pictures were always secondary — they that added to the story, yes, but they weren’t the drawcard. When he was four, my son’s favourite book was a children’s version of Beowulf. He wanted to grow up big and strong so he could defeat Grendel and Grendel’s mother. For his fifth birthday I bought him a copy of The Lion, The Witch,...