I agree with herenow...My DD6 didn't go on "strike" with all reading, but refused to read the common simple sight word books because the context was um... well... really boring. She wanted the complexity of a plot and real information (so did mommy ha)Instead of forcing the issue, we would read together the books and magazines that did interest her...Science Illustrated, Theory of Evolution etc...Lol smile (Franny K. Stein books she loves) Obviously, she wasn't close to reading a lot of the words but when we would come across a word that I knew she could handle, I would have her read it. It really kept her interest in reading. It has worked great for us!