Do your children love a good story or are they more like fact-finders? Sometimes a nonfiction book tells a good story while providing plenty of content to build information, knowledge, and skills.
On average, kids spend a great deal of time receiving information through online media, television, and reading a little fiction (if any) in books. Nonfiction books get the least attention.
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