Raising Lifelong Readers

"I took my child on weekly trips to bookstores where he could select one or two books. A weekly trip to the library works just as well.  Selecting the book suggests ownership, and gives the child control over the process.  Perhaps the child can make a list of the books she wants to read next."

via Walter Dean Myers, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, on raising readers - On Parenting - The Washington Post.

One of several great tips on raising lifelong readers. I particularly like this tip and have seen it succeed more than any other on the list with my nephews and nieces, and now myself! My wife and I have a public library within walking distance, and although I have largely moved over to ebooks and e-magazines on my iPad, I have discovered a childlike joy in going to the library every few days and picking out a new book to read at bedtime. (Making reading a part of a child's bedtime routine is another tip, by the way.)