| Show abild will read story that he thinks Is good who shall define interest for another person compounded as it Is of the raw material of which personality Is made queries a writer in the parents magazine ma azine declaring that la Is apt to be one of two reasons hy by a child does docs not like to read cither he has not mastered the technique of reading to an extent where no volun voluntary tari efrost must he be exerted or else lie he has not had access in sufficient numbers to tc books which corro spond pond to ills his iden idea of a good story your child will wil read it if he but discovers the books particularly right tor for ills his interests and tastes declares the writer whose experiences with children and books has hai convinced her that there does not live the youngster who will not listen to a good story and since reading Is only a method of listening to a good story will hot rend read if the book Is nebout all ut something in which he is either actually or potentially interested I 1 Is written in words rind and style suitable to his rending reading ability has tile the degree of advancement suitable to both his emotional rind and intellectual age levels those two developments by the way are sit at entirely different rates of speed As the writer adroitly ly puts it children do the strangest juggling and somersaulting as regards ards these ages going into a handspring a poised adolescent coming up nt at the end an emotional eight year old |
