The Book Whisperer

How to get my children to be readers, paraphrased, in random order:

Let them pick what they like to read (check).
Let them abandon a book if they don't like it (check).
Let them read for the fun of it instead of making them do exhaustive literary activities (check).
Give them time to read (check).
Keep recommending different books that you think they might like until you find something they want to read (check).
Keep a lot of books around (check).
Expect them to read– a lot (check).
Let them see you read a lot (yeah, that too).

I guess that's why my children are readers. ;)