Great books for preschoolers: encourage a lifetime of reading

If you're not a reader yourself, it's going to be an uphill battle to interest your kids in it. If you don't read much, why not? You might be subscribing to the limiting belief that reading is like broccoli. Reading is one of the world's great pleasures, not a duty you must perform.

If you like to read romance novels, shoot-em-ups, or comic books, go ahead and do it. That's the nice thing about being a grown-up. What you read isn't nearly as important as the act of reading itself.

That goes for your child as well. (Remind yourself of that later when he develops a passion for Goosebumps or Captain Underpants.)

It's always wonderful to have lots of books around, but there are other materials that make good additions.

Magazines can be terrific, and your preschooler can even learn an incredible amount from catalogs.

My little boy happens to be partial to the Williams-Sonoma catalog and anything with pictures of cute little girls. Gardening catalogs are also great, especially the ones showing vegetables.

Colorful new images can introduce all kinds of vocabulary, and it's fun to ask questions about what the people in the catalog might be doing, or what could be in the pretty box shown in the picture.

And novelty always goes over well with small children, which means that the constant onslaught of catalogs is finally good for something.

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