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Originally Posted by darylbrayman
If my parents had passed me a kindle or a nook and said here pick a book, it won't have pictures and your selection is extremely limited. Well you can work it out. Are there even going to be readers in our future. Are we the last generations of recreational readers?
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I don't think a run-of-the-mill fiction ebook is necessarily appropriate for a kid. I would have never just picked up a giant book in the library, why would I expect my child to do on an ereader just because that's how I read? When my daughter's ready to read short, all text books (maybe around 2nd or 3rd grade? Judy Blume and all that?), then I'll see if she wants to read on a device. If they're cheap enough and I can trust her not to destroy it.
The "we're the last generation of readers" is a load of BS. I'm sure my parents were saying the same thing about how video games and tv were mindless and rotting my brain, but here I am. I go after all forms of entertainment, including (and especially) reading.