The Early Push Toward Chapter Books Is a Mistake. Deborah Pope is the executive director of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Updated December 27, 2012, 6:03 PM.

These books fill a great role in your child’s reading; they’re chapter books, so your child doesn’t find the content beneath their ability level, but short and easy enough for them to not ...

It’s counterproductive to push your child to read a whole chapter book independently if they are not ready. You might turn them off reading altogether. Here’s what to do instead.

York County native Gary Anderson has spent years trying to cultivate a love of reading in all kids. His method isn’t to teach them to read, but to inspire them to love stories and to seek the… ...