Your premise that children will be more drawn to reading by reading with them makes perfect sense. And I agree that that approach is more beneficial to a child than for a child to just witness an adult read. But, I do think there's tremendous value in a child witnessing an adult (especially a parent) reading. Children learn from their parents by example as we all know. Although as an adult I have become a fiction reader. When I was growing up watching my father read 3-4 newspapers a day lead to my becoming a newspaper reader. Thank you for your post.