Ten Ideas to Foster a Love of Books

  1. Read to your children.
  2. Take advantage of story hours at your local library. Sign children up for summer reading program.
  3. Have lots of books easily accessible.
  4. Go to the library on a regular basis.
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  5. Let them see you reading, captivated by a book. Tell them about the stories you are reading.
  6. Encourage them to read to you. Continue to read to them.
  7. Give bookstore certificates for presents.
  8. Have a special place for their books and help them learn to treat books as treasures.
  9. Pay attention to the content they enjoy; help them to find other books in the same genre.
  10. Broaden their reading materials. There are many good children's magazines, such as Highlights, Faces, National Geographic World or Ranger Rick. Sample them in the Brewster Ladies' Library.

Ideas compliments of the Boston Globe.