On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 17:26, H. T. wrote: > > Hummm, not sure at this. I tried giving him Lovecraft (one of my absolute > favorites) and he thought it was too slow moving and he didn't understand > all of the words. This last bit isn't necessarily that bad of a thing. One of reasons a lot of parents and educators like to see kids reading is that it expands their vocabulary. And that only happens if they read books with a few words they don't understand. I can remember when I was a little older than your step-brother and I used to always read with a big dictionary right next to me.