Selected comments from the Guardian’s Saturday, 11may19, article, “How do you turn kids into bookworms?”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/11/how-do-you-turn-kids-into-bookworms-all-10-childrens-laureates-share-their-tips
It began in front of a log fire after a convivial dinner with friends and neighbours, Ted and Carol Hughes. I was grumbling about the lack of attention and credit generally given in the adult world to children’s books. Hughes, poet laureate at the time, said something like: “A fine children’s book is as important and worthwhile as any kind of literature, and maybe more so. Read and love a great story or poem when you’re young and the chances are that you’ll become a reader for life, and maybe a writer or an artist. Something should be done.”
“You’re the poet laureate,” I ventured, “maybe we should have a children’s laureate?”
It was a throwaway line. Then he said: “Why not? Let’s do it.” So the laureate story began, and took shape. ~ Michael Morpungo, Children’s Laureate
Children have never been famed for taking sensible advice but are superb at following a poor example. So, if a parent spends most of their own time peering at screens, they can scarcely expect anything different from their offspring. Add to this the fact that all studies show that children who are read to every night do better in school – even in maths. Maybe you can’t dump your phone, but at least give them that one half-hour in the day totally uninterrupted. And start young. ~ Anne Fine, Children’s Laureate
When I was a little girl my mum was always telling me to get my head out of my book and do something useful. Teachers at school hoiked me out of cosy reading corners and told me to run about in the playground. Consequently reading became ever more desirable! It’s tempting therefore to suggest that we tell children nowadays to stop reading at once – but I’m not sure this would really work. Reading aloud to small children is a way to get them to associate a book with fun and pleasure and attention. Most toddlers love to cuddle up on a lap and point at the pictures and join in with a well-loved text. When children can read for themselves, it’s still a delight to read an exciting long challenging book they wouldn’t want to tackle alone. ~ Jacqueline Wilson, Children’s Laureate
One key barrier is the overprescriptive and narrow testing regime in primary schools. It inhibits teachers from reading with children in a relaxed open-ended way. The test questions are too narrow, too yes-no. The way forward is for schools to try to spend as much time implementing a wide ranging, fully inclusive reading for pleasure programme. It must involve the whole school community including parents, grandparents and carers – a cultural in-school and out-of-school policy. Browsing and choosing are vital and necessary starters – it teaches us about how reading can be part of our lives and how it can matter. ~ Michael Rosen, Children’s Laureate
Talking and listening and laughing with children are some of the most important ways to spend time together, and a book can be as engaging as a toy or a screen if they are part of a shared experience. Most picture books can produce fascinating conversations between adult and child if approached in an interesting and interested way. Look together at the pictures and talk about the expressions on characters’ faces, their body language or position on the page in relation to others. It can be a bit like “people watching” in real life – what sort of a place do they live in? Are they happy or sad? Are there any clues in the picture? These are merely my suggestions as a writer, illustrator and parent but, of course, there are no rules. ~ Anthony Brownem, Children’s Laureate
If we want children to learn, to grow by understanding and having empathy for others, to thrive, then we must encourage them to read for pleasure. Let your children see you reading. Read to them. Let them read to you. Don’t criticise what they are reading or how long it may take them. As a child, if I read a wonderful paragraph or page in a book, I’d read it over and over again, savouring the words, the meaning. Part of the beauty of reading for pleasure is the way that the story moves at the pace of the reader. Don’t laugh at or ridicule children’s reading choices. Encourage them to read more of what they like as well as suggesting other books just waiting to be read and loved. My recommendation to inspire older children to pick up a book would be V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, illustrated by David Lloyd. Reading for pleasure opens so many doors in a world that seems to increasingly seek to close them. Books and love are made for sharing. ~ Malorie Blackman, Children’s Laureate
The greatest barrier to children’s literacy is the lack of a librarian in a school. They are there to guide, to advise, to recommend – they are the gatekeepers to new worlds and initiate an introduction to new friends on the page. During my time as laureate I was determined to highlight their work and was lucky enough to witness first-hand the positive effect a librarian has on the pupils in the classroom. Their knowledge is absolutely fundamental to reading for pleasure. With funding cuts and budget pressures, there is a risk of librarians becoming an endangered species and that would be a tragedy for our children. It is essential that the government recognise the skills that librarians give to the community they serve, not just in schools but in public libraries as well – giving everyone, from every background, access to books. ~ Chris Riddell, Children’s Laureate
The pressure on schools to achieve certain things means there isn’t much time for reading or even just to unwind. There isn’t time in the day to just sit and talk about books and stories. Children need to get into the habit of hearing stories and of having books around them. They need to be confident in spaces where books are a familiar thing and to have opportunities to engage with books and look at illustrations. That could be through libraries or having books in the classroom, or authors and illustrators coming into schools regularly. ~ Lauren Child, Children’s Laureate
What books made you a reader? Share your memories and recommendations in the comments below.
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How do you turn kids into bookworms? Simple. You don't force them to read things that they aren't interested in and you don't pigeon-hole their reading material to what someone else has deemed age appropriate or 'suitable' genres. Trust them. If they want to read nothing but pulp fantasy novels with pictures of muscled heroes and scantily dressed women on the covers then let them because whilst it might not be the greatest literature of all time it doesn't matter, only the act of reading matters. If they want to read something a little more grown-up than you think they should, let them read it anyway. Let them decide what their interests are and never get in the way of them by trying to move them onto something different. As long as they are reading then they are learning and they'll decide when they're ready to move on to something more challenging. Stop worrying about trying to turn them into Jane Austin fans or Shakespeare enthusiasts or lovers of the kind of books you liked at their age. They aren't literary snobs and they aren't you. If they ever want to read those kinds of things then they'll get around to it. - Spacedone
I can't specifically remember my parents reading to me (my dad used to tell us bedtime stories out of his head), but I grew up in a house full of books - stacks of books, in the shelves, on the tables, piled up in precarious towers next to the armchairs - with parents who were voracious readers. … You might say the exposure made me an avid reader, but while my sister and one brother were readers, my other brother didn't take to it at all. - rabbigator
I was taught to read by the age of three, but never got any pleasure from it. I often read aloud to get praise from adults or find out when the cartoons started. Surprisingly, the book that made me realize reading wasn't only about information was by Oscar Wilde. I was about 8 years old when I found a part of an old book in my grandparents' house. It had no cover, so I didn't know who the author was. I remember crying over The Happy Prince and my mother looking concerned. – OksanaSammer
I remember reading my grandmother’s romance magazines and her saying “hide that before your Dad sees you reading that,” as she heard him come into the house. I was probably about 7 years old. Very luckily, there was a family of boys next door, so I popped into their house and read their boys magazines and some wild adventure magazines. Even when I went to grammar school, the library was mainly the lives of the saints. The plain fact of the matter is that I was starved for books. Again luckily, as an adult, I worked in publishing for 32 years and now my house verges on the brink of hoarding with loads of books on every subject. Now I have a 5 year old granddaughter. My husband said to her that she needs to learn how to read and I asked him not to say that and let her come to love books naturally. Although I have read to her all along, just recently, she has started bringing me books to read to her and last evening I had to pull her away from the current crop of library books to come to the dinner table. I sincerely believe that making reading a chore puts children off books and you need to let them develop a hunger for a good story. – Longstone70
A friend of our family in the good old days was head steward at a "Gentleman's Club". When copies of The Field, Punch, and Britain's Men Only were past their use by date, they came into our household. What a treasure trove for a young avid reader. - Alipal
I am German and a grandmother. Living in Berlin after WW II we did not have books of our own but a library. ... I mostly read when queueing for bread or fish or potatoes. We took it in turns - my mother, my aunt, my granny. Readers in Britain my age will remember the queues I suppose. - 68259Mannheim
I’d respectfully suggest to Michael Morpurgo that if reading starts at school it is too late for many. Assuming they can read, parents or carers or whoever is at home with young children can make time to share a book with them each night. Anne Fine is absolutely correct: children follow example. Those who don’t read early are at a colossal disadvantage compared to those who do. And yes I know there are exceptions, I know not all parents are literate and I know not all parents are from a reading culture and share stories in different ways but that does not change the effect of early illiteracy on children’s academic development. - stevec1967
In the US I've seen a startling reversal of norm from when I was a child in the early 1960s. At that time it was expected that, barring such challenges as dyslexia, one had at the least basic reading comprehension down thoroughly before entering school. The schools were not expected to get us started on reading - we were expected to be already on our way, and most of us were. Parents got the groundwork done at home, mainly by reading to us and making reading materials readily available. Now, kids are oftentimes just chucked into the system with little to no preparation and expected to get cracking with the reading, probably a great way to make it a chore rather than a joy. – silverbeech
I think the reason I became a reader began when I received my first library card. When I was a wee tot my mom used to bring me to the local library. It was small, located in a house, and the basement was furnished for children, with racks of books assorted for different age groups, and fun books to play in and read. There was this pretty, young librarian that used to host the children’s reading hour. I loved her. She was bright and chipper, and knew how to read to small children. I was enthralled with her, and I sat listening to her with rapt attention. It was pure magic. The library had a starting age requirement for obtaining a library card. But I recall my mom talked them into bending the rules a bit for me and I got my card a tad early. It was a big deal to me, and it was my first card that made me feel important and belonging to a club of some sort. Loved using it and recounting to the librarian, the pretty one, on all the books I had read. Libraries are magic places for so many reasons and we shouldn’t lose them, and our librarians are unicorns in this day. I owe my love of reading to that pretty librarian and to my mom for introducing me to that special club. - Charlene Corea-Long
The only thing more exciting than earning my driver's license age 15 was getting my own library card age 7. :) Big milestones both. – silverbeech
I think the worst thing is to dumb things down. When I was 11, I read Camus’ Stranger and it really moved me. Kids have really dark and powerful emotions. It’s not good to teach them to ‘socialise’ by forcing them to limit themselves to be acceptable. - Mike Tarbard
I was a massive bookworm as a child, mainly to escape an unhappy family environment. I found it inspiring and also invaluable as a doorway to the foundation of grammar, spelling and vocabulary that wasn't being taught in schools at the time. - Ptolomy Tortoise
"How do you turn kids into bookworms?" Easy, never tell them what to read, let them read whatever they enjoy. If they just once find a single book they enjoy reading, you have succeeded. If they like Harry Potter books, fine. If they like Sword and Sorcery books, fine. SF, fine. Humorous books, fine. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THEY READ, IT’S LEARNING TO ENJOY READING THAT MATTERS. Once they have learned to enjoy reading, you have them hooked. It really is that simple, once you first learn to enjoy reading, all the vast vista and world of books opens up before you. Discrimination in reading comes much later, first they must enjoy reading any trash they like, as long as they want to read it. - MartinSilenius
Enjoyment of reading is the absolute key. ... Like many here, (as an Australian baby boomer), I grew up in a working class family, but my home was filled with books and my parents read to us. Trevor29
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So easy. With my 7 siblings and mother and father I lived in a wartime Manchester slum. Money could be spent on eating or heating, but not both. The oldest took us all from school and nursery to a warm place of refuge, the local library. Mum and dad often met us there after work. I got through all the books in the junior section then sneaked into the general. We all did well in education and thrived paying a fortune in taxes. Reward the very poor with libraries fit for all and there we have it! A literary society. Remind me, just how many libraries have shut whilst those left are on reduced hours on the Tory watch? Not difficult is it? – vacantspace
I have a daughter who is a very reluctant reader - apparently it's usually the boys, so she's managed to go under the radar as teachers don't suspect. I put it down to her being late August born & young in her year. I think she was required to read before ready. My strategy was to refuse her school's reading homework (kids are supposed to keep a record of what they read, & told off if they don't record anything. I bin the record book every year & explain to the teacher that we don't use it) & encourage her to read simply for pleasure. I have finally had some success - starting with joke books, then getting her to read recipe instructions to help me with cooking, & introducing graphic novel type books. Finally, I started allowing her to lie in bed with me for 20 minutes each night and we both read our books while lying together & we chat about them. She's 9 now & loves Wimpy Kid & Tom Gates & can sometimes be convinced to try more demanding books too. It's been a long journey, & I don't know if she'll ever be the bookworm that I am, but we have made some progress. – maidinbrixton
As someone who loathes reading (books) perhaps I can offer some advice. I learned to read rather late. Instead of simply accepting that I was a late bloomer, reading was shoved down my throat, making me feel stupid and creating a huge amount of stress for me. There was never any attempt to make it an exciting journey of discovery, just "learn this now or we'll hold you back and you won't see any of your friends anymore". Once I could finally read properly (albiet very slowly) I was made to read what I found to be very boring and unrelatable books selected by the school. Assignments were not tailored to me, just the same homework everyone got. Reading that would probably take an average kid 30 minutes would take me a couple of hours if I wanted to truly understand what I read. There was never time for reading for pleasure, once I was done assigned reading I had no desire or mental energy left to read anything else. I now read quite a lot of news and information on the web, but I loathe reading books. Just takes me straight back to that time. It's a bad association I don't think will ever go away. Let kids learn at their own pace, and foster a love of reading by giving them choice instead of shoving specific titles down their throats. That's my advice. - Dwight E
I read a lot of different things to my daughter, who grew up bilingual in German and English. Early on A-B-C books such as Nadia Buddes' One-Two-Three-Me or Trauriger Tiger Toasted Tomaten were very popular for their absurd combinations, and they were funny enough to sustain my interest throughout the inevitable multiple readings. But the tales which probably did most to ignite her interest in longer-form reading were Italo Calvino's Italian Folktales, both in English and German translation. These combine all the best aspects of fairytales - they are brief, funny, sometimes gruesome. They are great to read out loud and have plenty of juicy character parts. Everyone gets their just desserts. There are lots of smart female characters and a subversive streak running through most of the stories, but they still adhere to the fairytale's internal logic. I think nothing beats a bed-time story for stoking interest in books, that in-between time just before sleep when you can imagine yourself living a thousand other lives is the most potent means of hooking young children into a lifetime of reading pleasure. – nilpferd
You can't turn a child into anything. – wave grave
My son is not somebody who loves reading and he has struggled with becoming a fluent reader, but he does love stories. So, every night, he reads his school reader to me and then I read a chapter of a book, alternating choices. There is no better time in my day than those last 25 minutes at bedtime. For me what we are reading is less important than sharing the pleasure that comes from reading. – itsfootballl
For small kids surely it has to be the magical combination of startling and bright colour illustrations and words that connect them with a story’s kinetic grace. Short books that dance in the child's mind like live silk cut puppet shows. Then furnish the room with a wealth of book choices steadily progressing in age and reading difficulty. … So a bedroom library is key. And plenty of new additions. – originalabsence
I don’t think you can “turn your kids” into a bookworm, or anything for that matter. You can however, give them experiences and opportunities to widen their horizons and fuel their imagination. Most of this is freely available in books and the spoken word. Talk to your children, engage with them, share stories, make up stories! Let them make up the story as you go along. This can be done anytime you are together, stuck waiting for: the bus/at the doctors/for sibling to finish football practice, etc. Yes, read to and with them at bedtime but anytime works too, especially if you are a busy parent (who isn’t?) My mum took me to a mobile library which appeared one day in the middle of our council estate when I was about 3 (1966) It was a caravan of delights for me and her as she had never seen the likes of the Cat in the Hat or Harry the Dirty Dog, as she had left school at 14 and worked as a machinist all through the war and after. That visit to the mobile library was pivotal for both of us and we both looked forward to it trundling into view every fortnight. … Today I am a Children’s Librarian and mother of 4, work in a public library and I feel parents stress too much (about everything). I encourage reading and story sharing to be part of everyday (not a chore) and kids will embrace it. Whether they become bookworms or not isn’t a sign of success or failure in life. So long as they can read, understand, reason, and find something that makes them happy, they will be fine. - English Hoosier
Forgot to mention nursery rhymes. We got this great one, cheap, thorough and well illustrated. Then sang through it, on a rather regular basis, for several years. In fact, sing any prose book before they're old enough to reject the silliness of it. Singing a book to a toddler is the way to go. Stop and talk through the pictures too. Do silly voices. I think these things develop the love of reading early. – asalak
The only thing I disagree with in this piece is the notion that it's "not always possible for parents to make time for reading." Of course it is! Every night, you should read to your kids, even if it's just for 10 minutes, or have them read to you. My two children always responded best to the dark humor of Roald Dahl's books. – michelley
Growing up in a Forces family, we didn't have many books in the house (too cumbersome to pack up every time we moved on - I went to 7 different schools in 11 years) and I don't remember my parents reading to me or my brother and sister. I think I have Mr Makepiece, a teacher at primary school, to thank for my interest in reading. The last 15 minutes or so before home time was taken up by stories, and I remember the whole class enjoyed them. His call that we'd need to tidy everything away quickly otherwise there wouldn't be time for the story was always met with industry and application by the class. … The joy of the story was enhanced by it be being read to you. Parenthood came to me quite late but I have always read to my son. Even now, when he is a pretty sophisticated 11 year old, I still read to him. We are currently both enjoying Madame Doubtfire, and as a divorced parent, it really is helpful to read out loud the way both parents in the story are found to have made mistakes. It's psychological assistance wrapped up in enjoyment. - mr_maudlin
Sadly, the way to make money as a children's author is to write stories that appeal to girls--and mums. This is largely because nearly all infant teachers are women. - sparaficile2
My parents weren't readers but they encouraged me to read. We were poor so although I owned a few books, which I read and reread, they were never enough. The library was my reading lifeline. At that time children had to be seven years old in order to join the library. I can still clearly remember my first visit when my dad signed me up. The first book I borrowed was Susanna of the Mounties, chosen by my dad because it had photos from the Shirley Temple film inside! I could borrow three fiction and three non-fiction books and although I preferred fiction I always made sure I had my full allowance. Such riches and all for free! - ID316769
A visit to the Dahl museum could be a good way to get kids enthusiastic about reading. Especially with young boys. I say this because in general, it is more difficult to get boys to read, and that can have lifelong implications. The museum is well designed and it's just a fun experience. Even the menu in the museum's restaurant is designed to be fun. – MostEfficientAnimal
Hide steamy novels around the house. Worked for me. - philipphilip99
Reading accesses stuff, ideas, concepts and stories about how the world operates, that would otherwise remain hidden. Reading makes someone interesting, as much as what they do. What cultivates that reading habit though probably reflects in large part the sort of relationship your parents and others constructed when you were small. Their enthusiasm and generosity for life is what infects you to became contaminated with the reading bug? – fatkevin
"...children who are read to every night do better in school…." I'd be careful not to confuse causation with correlation. Parents who read to their children are likely to be both more intelligent and more attentive than parents who don't. Children whose parents are more intelligent and attentive would be expected to perform better at school, regardless of whether their parents read to them. – Fisteecuffs
It was some eminent author or other who once said that if you want to get children reading, leave unsuitable reading matter lying around. As a basically non-reading child I used to love reading the News of the World, which was my parents Sunday newspaper of choice, and understood that it mainly focused on adults behaving badly. Brilliant stuff. – JohnStandpipe
When I was four, my nine-year old sister was ill and home from school for several weeks. She was fed up with being pestered to read to me, so decided to teach me to read for myself. She must have been an excellent teacher because, by the time I reached five, I had read and enjoyed Just So Stories and Little Women. I have never stopped since then - after eighty-four years I am still addicted, and cannot imagine a day without a book. – shemarch
Ditch the TV and Smart Phones and explain exactly why this is in their interests. That reading will enhance their lives, improve their intelligence and make them outstanding in a world of Smart Phone Zombies. – MostEfficientAnimal
Lots of people moaning about people not reading because of smart phones whilst reading articles and typing responses on smart phones. Peak Guardian. … What are people doing on their smart phones exactly? Most of the time it looks like they are reading to me. It's arguable that people read now more than ever, that is to phones, you just assume what they are reading is intrinsically worthless because it's being read on a phone, which is ironic as I'm willing to bet you sorted that on a phone. – SlappyCrooks
A printed book contains the text and some illustrations and nothing else. Expecting a child to read in a focused way on a smartphone or tablet is like expecting them to concentrate on their maths homework while a circus troops by outside. The book is the more efficient technology for its purpose; smartphones and tablets offer no added value and a whole world of distractions. – Malunkey
My mum used to find jobs for me around the house if ever I dared to say I was bored. Also if there were jobs that needed doing and I was just watching telly that wasn't an excuse. I got out of a lot of chores by reading books or playing the piano because she considered those activities constructive. It worked. I read lots, though not as much now, and I still like messing about with musical instruments. Oh and she read to us when we were tiny, then we read together, then sometimes my big sis read to me and I would read to my little brothers. - Minda Thompson
Read to them, read to them, read to them. My kids are obsessive readers now (far better than their internet browsing Dad) and I think that is mostly a result of reading bedtime stories. It is never too early to start (you can read those cloth picture books to babies once they start playing with things). My oldest is 11 and I still read to them. There are some great kids' books out there, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the Lemony Snicket and Dark Materials series with them. It doesn't really matter what they read. One of my kids' obsessions is Asterix and Tintin, and there's a wealth of word play and plot in those comic strips. Also, join your local library and let your kids choose their own books. We have a very small portacabin library in our village, but it is still a magical place for kids. I can see the excitement of wondering what they are going to find on the shelf every time they go in. I think reading is important on many levels. It feeds imagination, it teaches language, and it helps children learn patience and the centering effect of sitting quietly and disappearing into a book. Reading gives you something that more immediately gratifying entertainment cannot deliver. - abc987
Agree with all the above. My local library was EVERYTHING to me as we had no books at home. I went to on study English Literature at university, worked in publishing and now part-time in a charity bookshop, which I love. Everywhere I've lived has literally been two minutes from a library (lucky, I know, but partly by design). There are lots of 'ditch the telly' comments here but sometimes a good adaptation of a bestseller or a classic can send the child to hunt out its dead tree equivalent. I remember being introduced to many a classic through the BBC Sunday serials. Also, Jackanory, such a simple idea that worked, especially for children without any books at home or with parents unable to read to them (too tired, too busy, evening/night workers, no books, poor readers themselves). - ID1100766
All of this. I read to my son before he was born and every day after; our house was filled with books as my own childhood home had been. Twice-weekly excursions to the library were looked upon as adventure, and I always left colorfully-illustrated books lying around open for him to come across on his own and involve himself in, which he did. TV was limited, and I didn't have the distractions of all today's tech to compete with. The only big thing happening at the time was video games, which I opted not to have in the house at all - other parents were already regretting the time-suck they'd become for their own kids. (I think all today's tech does is impinge now in difficult ways.) Examples set at home - seeing adults enjoying books/magazines, having books around the house - do make a strong and lasting early impression and help to create interested readers. – silverbeech
I've had a similar experience. I found reading much more entertaining than socialising in my youth which probably had a detrimental effect on my social skills. I've had to work hard to redress the balance and now do not read as much in favour of more diverse hobbies. Perhaps we should heed the old adage of 'everything in moderation'. If a child spends all day reading and nothing else, that needs to be addressed. – RobinTrower
I'm a reader. Reading is my favourite pastime, it keeps me sane, I love it. Hubby and I read to the kids from the start, every evening without fail, the classics, modern ones, German, Austrian, English books, Otfried Preußler, Erich Kästner, Mira Lobe, Astrid Lindgren, everything by Dahl. My children are so used to seeing me read, they will comment when I have a spare moment and not have a book in front of my nose. Both my children - teenagers now - hate reading with a vengeance. I don't know why…. It is very, very hard for me to take, but I have come to accept it. Most people don't read, not really, and most do fine. I'm still sad because reading gives me so much. But my children are not me and I shouldn't expect them to be. Just saying - there is no magic method to make them read. – MsFrog
Yes, but even if they don't read now, they have still accrued the benefits of being read to when they were young and their brains were soaking everything up. Your work is done! - abc987
Read to your kids from being very little and keep reading aloud until they don't wan't you to. Keep them away from computers/games/phones for as long as possible. I did both things and it didn't turn them into bookworms, but they both enjoy reading and seem to generally always have a book on the go. Don't worry about what they read, as long as they read and enjoy, that's fine. - Deckard99
Agreed - that they read something (magazines are fine) is more important than badgering them with the worthy tomes. – CraftyInnit
A wonderful side effect of reading to a child is that, while they will not remember that you worked, cooked and cleaned for them, they will remember being read to - not a bad return on 10 to 15 relaxing minutes a night... – nospater
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