[the OlLine Rebel]

No, that is Dick & Jane. Much older than this guy could’ve handled.

Dick & Jane really is wonderful. My mother bought a re-issue compilation of them the Christmas before last for my son when he was 4. He LOVED them, and while we always read to him every night, these made it easy for HIM to learn and read, by repetition. He obsessed on it for 4 months, could read the whole thing by then, and suddenly he seemed to be reading ANYthing! (No, we never pushed him - my mother the teacher is also of the opinion that often people push kids too much when they will learn it anyway.)

[itssme]

Oh the thrill of learning to read, and discovering new worlds and hours of enjoyment. You're right in that one doesn't have to push reading upon anyone. It's all a matter of introducing a book, and letting the child go from there. I remember as a child in the last 40s, when my mother took us to see the wonderful new Walt Disney film, Cinderella at a theater in downtown Chicago. Immediately afterward, we went to Marshal Field's, the large, grand department store, where we went to the Children's book section, and I was able to pick up one of the most beautifully illustrated books that I had ever seen, and the title was “Cinderella.” I've kept that book to this day..they don't make books like that any more. I also remember as a young child when my aunt gave me a book on the encyclopedia of dogs, and then a book on astronomy, and I was hooked on books for life. Nice memories...I'm so glad your son loves to read.