I think I have mentioned that DS taught himself to read on roadsigns and moved up to any sign he could find, but I never saw him read a book until he read The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe at 5. We never gave him any incentives or encouragement or found any way to challenge him; he just did it on his own. I doubt that any of the early readers would have captured his imagination as much as a good warning sign, "Mommy, what's the difference between warning danger and caution? "Mommy, why are only employees allowed back there? What are the doing?" "Why is the occupency set at 300?"
So we never owned any of the early readers. But I do have the whole Frog and Toad series in Japanese. They are perfect for my reading level and I love them!
