| In the media, you hear much about getting boys | | | | effects or music. |
| into reading, with good reason. But what about | | | | Audio recordings of books allow kids to get |
| girls? What if your girl is more interested in playing | | | | involved and interested in books, without having |
| than reading and you want to find some books or | | | | to do the reading. This is not a bad thing. Unlike |
| other resources to help them engage with | | | | movies, when kids listen to audio books they |
| reading? | | | | have to use their minds to create images in their |
| While there are a plethora of books for your girls, | | | | head of what they hear. This helps them stretch |
| mostly mermaid, fairy or fashion series books, | | | | their minds and get used to concentrating on |
| choosing the best ones for your daughter may be | | | | characters and plotlines. |
| difficult because of the wide range of choices. In | | | | You can find audio books by a wide range of |
| addition, if a girl shows little interest in books then | | | | authors, including popular titles like the Disney |
| choosing a well regard title may illicit no interest | | | | Fairies series by Gail Carson Levine, Legend of the |
| whatsoever, regardless of how good the book is. | | | | Guardians by Kathryn Lasky, Junie B Jones, |
| If you are at a loss then branch out a bit. Other | | | | Geronimo Stilton, Sisters Grimm and many more. |
| resources you can try include audio books, | | | | While you can buy Audio CDs at most online |
| interactive games, magazines and comics. Audio | | | | merchants, Audible offers a cost effective |
| books are a great way for kids to engage with | | | | service to download the files to your computer |
| stories. Ostensibly Audio Books are recordings of | | | | where it can be placed on an iPod or similar. |
| people reading a book and may include sound | | | | |