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Originally Posted by AlexBell
In fact that was my next question: Does anyone read with their children from an ebook reading device?
It's a long time ago, but I can remember always reading my children to bed, and would be happy to do that with an ebook reader if I had any grandchildren.
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I don't and in the forseable future I won't. My kids are only well almost 4 and the other just turned 2. Kids at that age need picture books, and I have tried a few kindle samples but I feel they just aren't up to scratch compared to kids paper books.
Possibly if I could find a few reasonable interactive on the android at reasonable prices it might be OK on the rare occasion, but right now my kids love sitting down and reading a book. My little 2 year old whilst capable of flicking through an iPod with ease loves going through her bookshelf looking for a book she wants us to read to her. I feel with my children that electronic books would remove some of that excitement from them.
When they grow up and are more interested in reading a book themselves I might look at ebooks, but not right now when reading books to our kids involve more than just reading words aloud to them, it is a whole interactive and learning time between my wife and I with our kids. Looking at a screen I feel will detract from such a positive activity and influence.