[Loudoll]

I have a theory and it goes like this: No one really knows what causes a kid to latch onto reading and love it or to have no interest in books at all. It's like fishing. We have kids in our family who love to fish and those who don't. Doesn't seem to matter if the parents fish or not. Kids in the same family with the same environment and influences have different "obsessions". I can't even remember when my son learned to read, he's just always loved books and has always read voraciously. My sister has six kids that she took to the library regularly, etc. but ended up with only one book "nut". (Boy, for a reader I'm not expressing this very well. lol) My dad's formal education ended at grade 6 but his reading was sophisticated and ongoing. My mother graduated high school with a science major but she couldn't readand was diagnosed with dyslexia later in life. Anyway, my point is I think it is good to book! book! book! as much as possible when the child is young, but you can't force the magic spell of reading.