Wow, @cbp, that's incredible - and now I have future recommendations. I'm almost as passionate as you about reading - read before he was born and every day since. Some of my son's were I Can Read, Mr Putter and Tabby by Rylant and her Henry and Mudge. Rob's boy humor phase is the Weird School series. I just started Hardy Boys and was pleasantly surprised to find how boyish (rough and tumble) each chapter is.

My children are 12 & 13 but I still enjoy reading to them. Last summer I read The Diary of Anne Frank because both of them had learned something about the Holocaust during the school year. I love books that allow us to discuss social and moral issues. This summer I am planning on reading To Kill a Mockingbird. One of my favorite books and also one that will provide much material for discussion.

Absolutely! We've read books at bedtime since he was a baby. My son is 4.5yrs and Dr. Seuss is a favorite for us both. He is also reading rather well on his own and just read a poem from a Shel Silverstein book. He also has an illustrated dictionary and we'll go through to find words he has heard or funny sounding new words. Another fun thing is to grab books from the library. This way I can tell what my son can truly read vs memorization.

Maybe try books on CD, my typical daughter loves to hear other people narrate, not always mommy.

Tonight we read "One Fish..Two Fish..Red Fish...Blue Fish" and he loved it. I really enjoy the early reader books "The Eye Book", "The Foot Book", "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb", and "Mister Brown Can Moo, Can You?". My son really responds well to music/song, so the books with a melodic quality are always fun. He also reads "The Cat in the Hat" on the iPad during a speech therapy session and is obsessed with the character. We have Silverstein's "Light in the Attic" , but my favorite is "The Giving Tree". That is next on the purchase list. I was looking at a Biscuit book in the store today, but we don't have any...yet :)