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Originally Posted by rhadin
It is making the surface paramount over what lies beneath and draws away from consideration of what is truly important for what is truly unimportant.
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But nothing lies beneath. Regardless of whether the "real books" comment is an intentional slight (which brings the article-writer's objectivity into question), or an unintentional slip-up (which brings the article-writer's competence into question), the fact remains that the article has provided zero proof that reading to children from vinyl, book-like toys (which double as teething rings and frisbees) promotes literacy any better than reading to children from a tablet/ereader, or phone will.
It's just another attempt to inculcate a "
real readers prefer real books" mentality in the next generation of readers.
Reading to children promotes literacy in children. Period.