Today’s topic is about the importance of us as parents helping our kids become readers.

The statistics and studies are clear and plentiful…As adults, people who read:

make more money than people who don’t read
have a lower divorce rate than people who don’t read
have fewer problems with their children than people who don’t read
get promoted at a higher rate than people who don’t read

In today’s episode, I share 5 tips you can implement to help raise your children to be readers. Some of them start from the moment they can sit in your lap and some of them are important to remember when encouraging your tween or teen. I don’t think it is ever too late to encourage your kids to be readers.

For those of you with children/tweens/teens who HATE to read - I include an additional FIVE TIPS for reluctant readers!

It takes WORK to parent our children and guide them into habits and the directions that will benefit them. It takes work to lead with encouragement but not force. It takes work to help them appreciate the life-long habits that will make them healthy, happier and more knowledgeable.

I would LOVE if you shared your favorite childhood/teen book that made you a reader! We can create a list to benefit all of our families!

First Chapter Books

Geronimo Stilton
Flat Stanley
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
STAT - Standing Tall and Talented - for kids who love sports
Rainbow Magic Series
Judy Moody
Judy Bloom books
Magic Treehouse
How to Eat Fried Worms
Babysitter’s Club

Developing Readers (Gr 4-Gr7)

Percy Jackson
39 Clues
Blackthorn Key
Gordon Korman Books
Hardy Boys Books
Series of Unfortunate Events
Winds of Fire
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
The search for Wandla series
Nevermoor series
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Harry Potter - all my kids liked it
The Lorien Legacies
Counting by 7’s - boys liked it
Fish in a tree - boys liked it
Maze Runner
Holes
Hatchet Series

Teen Books (Gr 8+)

Boy - Ready Player One
Boy - Exo
Red Queen Series
Thousandth Floor series
Rainbow Rowell (author) books
Sarah Dessen (author) books
John Green (author) books
Cinder series - Lunar Chronicles
Scythe
Divergent Series
Hunger Games Series
Embassy Row Series (1st one called All Fall Down)