Show child will read story that he thinks Is good interest for another who shan shall define compounded as it Is of person the raw material of which personality Is made queries a writer in declaring that the parents magazine there Is ll 11 apt pt to be one of two reasons why a child does docs not like ilice t to 0 read either he has not mastered the technique of reading to an extent where no voluntary effort must be exerted or else he be has not had access in clent numbers to books which correspond to his idea of a good story your child will read it if he but discovers the books particularly right for his interests and tastes declares the writer whose experiences with children and books has bag convinced her that there does not live the youngster who will not listen to a good story and since reading ns Is only a method ot of listening to a good story vall a not read if the book is abo about it something in which he is either cither actually or potentially interested Is written in words and style suitable to his reading ability has the degree of advancement suitable to both his emotional and intellectual age levels those tw two 0 developments by the way are at entirely different rates of speed As the writer adroitly puts it children do the strangest juggling and somersaulting as regards these ages going into a handspring a poised adolescent coming up at the end tin an emotional el eight gh year old |