Raise A Reader: A Parent Guide to Reading

Keep your kids reading with our age-by-age guide to great book lists, book-related articles, and activities. These essential resources will encourage your kids to love reading and address the age and reading levels of every reader: from ambivalent to advanced.

Ages 0-2

Online Literacy

Familiarize your young child with how technology works and put her on the path to competence.

Reading Activities

Help your kid start off life as a book-lover with our 5 essential tips.

Books and Your Baby

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends starting a reading routine when your child is as young as 3 months old. Find out how to start.

Great Books For for Squishing, Lifting, and Playing

Your baby’s not just going to sit there quietly as you read, so make her interaction part of the experience. These board books will welcome her fingers as well as her eyes.

Best Books for Wordplay

You may hear some of your child’s first words as you enjoy these simple books together.

Ages 3-5

Online Literacy

Try some of these literacy-building activities to turn your child’s fun time into an educational opportunity.

Reading Activities

Introduce your child to the world of letters, sounds, and words with our 6 activity tips.

Your Preschooler Discovers Letters and Words

According to the U.S. Department of Education, only 55% of children ages 3-5 who were not yet in kindergarten were read to daily by a family member in 2007.

Best Cuddle-Time Books

Discuss the illustrations in these gorgeous picture books. Ask your little reader about what he thinks will happen next.

Best Books for Wordplay

As you read these books, see what letters, words, or phrases your child can remember on her own. Try substituting a wrong word once in a while and your child might correct you!

Ages 6-7

Online Literacy

Your child has begun to develop basic reading skills, which opens up more opportunities online.

Reading Activities

These four tips help you read and write with your child to build literacy.

Your School-Age Child Begins to Read

According to the International Reading Association, literacy skills will help your child in every academic area, as well as with most life skills.

Beginning Readers

Just starting to sound out words? These have been many kids’ favorite first books to read.

Funny Books for Funny Kids

Silly, gross, or just plain funny, these books will have you and your child giggling together as you flip the pages.

Ages 8-10

Online Literacy

Using search engines, evaluating websites, and, of course, reading online are invaluable skills that you can introduce your child to gradually.

Reading Activities

Our 5 tips help show your child all the ways that books and reading can be enjoyed.

Your Young Reader Takes Flight

Between the start of third grade and the end of fifth, you will see your child advance from early reader books with only a few words on the page to long chapter books.

Serious About Series

These are the first books in a set of popular series for 8- to 10-year-olds.

A Book For Every Type

Whether your kid is an athlete, animal lover, history buff, or loves fantasy — there are books for every type of interest. These are some of the best.