Oh yes, definitely -- for the reasons listed above.

And I have this perspective, as well -- it is easy for me to read books I like (more advanced books than they would choose to read themselves) to my kids, but very, very difficult to sit through the "baby books" that DD wants over and over. I want to scream and pull my hair out when she reads some things, but more interesting books are fine. Same principle for gifted kids in regular classes.