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There are a number of children’s books that are popular, but I’d say the most popular are Harry Potter, for slightly older children, and for toddlers, maybe Peppa Pig. There are lots of Peppa Pig picture books that kids enjoy and these have taken off, especially amongst the more international population in my country, in recent years. I believe that parents should read to children every night before bedtime. Not only do I think this is a wonderful tradition, but it’s really good to improve their vocabulary and develop their creative skills and imagination. Books are an important part of life, and if you’ve ever seen how excited a child is when you read him or her a book before bedtime, you will understand the great value in introducing children to a range of stories. Stories are the foundation of how we develop the skills of empathy and understanding others too, so they’re really important in the early learning stages of a child’s life. 

Parents should often choose books for their children in my opinion, but they should sometimes allow kids to choose their own books. It really depends. Children should not be exposed to books that are way beyond their reading level, or subject-matter level, because this can confuse and demoralize them. Also, one should be careful that books are suitable in content for children and don’t feature too many adult themes like horror or sex or things like this. Children need to be monitored in what kinds of books and programmes and films they are exposed to at a young age, and this is very important. However, within a selected range of choices that adults present to children, I think children should be allowed to choose something they are attracted to, drawn to, as well. 

E-books are hugely popular and often they can be obtained for free or low prices. The advantages of e-books is that you can store many on one device, like a Kindle, tablet or other kind of e-reader or mobile device. You can also access them at any time, and they take up hardly any room, unlike a bag of books which would be cumbersome to carry around with you. The disadvantages of e-books is that they are less romantic, they are kind of cold and lacking personality compared to traditional paper books. So, I believe, especially for young children, parents should try to get a collection of real print books with pictures – these inspire young kids and motivate them more than reading to them on some kind of tablet. Also electronic books always have screens, which are not always good for children before they go to bed. Soothing a child to sleep with a real, physical print book with pictures, is much better than sitting there with an ipad screen for them to look at. 
