Only to find out that he'd actually rather have a non-fiction book about science read to him everyday for a week than any cartoon-dump-truck book on the shelf, lol.)
That is the same in our household! Actually non-fiction is great for early readers as the content is fine and it is something they are interested in. DS loved the Usborne Beginner series (few space ones as well as animals etc). He could read a lot of the small words initially but it didn't take long to be reading the names of planets etc. Much more interesting than early "reader" type books. We did a lot of shared reading to begin with, and even now tend to read a page each as he still enjoys being read to. It opens up a whole new world again to them when they realise they can read! (no more watching the news for us with the sound down as DS reads the headines)
