Reading is good for you

My son woul8pick up a book till I introduced hom to horrible histories at the age of 11, he now reads a vast number of authors and biographies at age 25

Excuse typo, p.s my girls have always been avid readers,and my older son started on Horrible histories too,that's where I got the idea for the younger one,

I read books to my DCs and GCs from when they were babies.
Some became avid readers and a few didn't.
My 7 year old GS loves to read an I supply books for him regularly.
I remember a teacher of young children saying she could tell those who had been read to at home as they were ahead of those who hadn't.

Books in schools (can't remeber the proper name unless I look it up!) is one of my charities- has been for years.

As a former librarian and then English teacher, I heartily agree with you!

One of my sons loved being read to as a young child, but has never been the slightest bit interested in reading fiction himself, and beyond a certain age (probably about eight or nine in his case) could not be 'convinced' to read it at all out of school.

Luckily, he has always been interested in things such as history and geography, and has always been keen to read books relating to those and to any of his many hobbies.

I wonder if non-fiction is considered to have the same health and well-being benefits as fiction.

I'm a self confessed bookaholic .
My kids like reading too .

Apparently it is both fiction and non-fiction.