RAISE A READER
RAISE A READER
SIMPLE STRATEGIES TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING
Dr. Nelson I. Peters
Your child isn't a "bad reader." They just haven't found their reason to love books yet — and this book shows you how to give them one.
If reading time in your home feels like a battle — tears, refusals, a book slammed shut after two pages — you're not doing anything wrong, and neither is your child. Reluctance isn't a character flaw. It's a signal. And it's fixable.
Raise a Reader is a practical, step-by-step guide for parents, teachers, grandparents, and caregivers who want to help a child build real reading confidence, without pressure, without bribery, and without turning every evening into a fight over a book.
Inside, you'll learn how to understand the real reasons kids avoid reading, whether it's boredom, difficulty, distraction, or low confidence, and how to address the right one.
You'll discover how starting with just five minutes a day can grow into a lasting daily habit, and why letting your child choose their own books changes everything. You'll find practical ways to read together that build connection, not just literacy, and simple steps to create a reading-friendly home on any budget. The book also shows you how to handle phones, television, and video games without making screens the enemy, how to support a child who struggles, reads slowly, or feels embarrassed, how to turn reading into play through games, storytelling, and hands-on activities, and how to praise effort the right way so confidence actually sticks.
This book also comes with everything you need to put it into action: a complete 30-Day Reading Challenge broken down week by week, twenty hands-on reading activities for home or classroom, a printable Parent Reading Tracker, and a Certificate of Reading Achievement to celebrate the win.
Whether your child is just learning to sound out words or old enough to read fluently but chooses not to, this book meets them exactly where they are and gives you a clear, gentle path forward.
Your child doesn't need to be the fastest reader in the class. They just need the chance to fall in love with books. Scroll up and start today.