When asked, as part of a MS Readathon author survey, what she’d say to encourage children to read, children’s author Sarah Webb said: “It’s fun. Monsters, vampires, puppies, skeleton detectives, mad granddads — what’s not to like?”

Reading with your child is a gift no matter what the format — but printed books remain the best way to develop literacy, research suggests.

IN response to Niall Murray (March 28), it makes sense that the more you read, the better reader you become; through repeated practice, you become more fluent, learn more words, and continue to gain the skills and knowledge that hook you into a lifelong love of reading.