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Heya,
Just a question this week:
Why don’t kids read more?
I have my thoughts, but I’d love to know what you think.
Please email me or leave a comment.
See you next week!
Happy reading,
— Jeff
PS. If you can’t think of anything, here are some potential answer-starters:
Reading feels like homework, for kids.
Reading feels like homework, for parents.
Because mobile devices.
Because TV.
Because AI.
Parents are too busy.
Parents are too tired.
Books are scarce.
Books are expensive.
Reading books is soooo last century.
Schools kill the joy of reading by “teaching to the test”.
Because let’s wait for the movie version.
Because all the good books are banned.
Because it just ain’t cool.
PPS. Some recent reads I’ve enjoyed … Middle-grade: “My Year in the Middle,” by Lila Quintero Weaver; “Love That Dog,” by Sharon Creech; “The Twenty-One Balloons,” by William Pené Dubois. Fiction: “The Passenger” and “Stella Maris,” by Cormac McCarthy; Nonfiction: “Writing Down the Bones,” by Natalie Goldberg. Philosophy: “Psychopolitics,” Byung-Chul Han.
Illustration credit: Stacy.
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