The book’s the thing

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Nov 17, 2018 10:49 PM IST

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How to turn your child into a reader

Last week, my eldest niece’s daughter turned 13 (in case you’re wondering, my sister is 16 years older than I am!) and all our thoughts turned to buying her the perfect present to mark her transformation into a teenager. After being presented with a plethora of choices – Handbag? Shoes? Earrings? Clothes? – Hitee made her decision.

Some young people are still into books and treat reading like a pleasure rather than a chore(iStock)

The joy of reading needs to be inculcated at an early age, and then fed on a steady diet of good books if it is not to die out by adulthood

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