Authors can help struggling readers spend more time with books and perhaps even find joy in reading by keeping reluctant readers in mind as they write. I offer several techniques about writing for striving readers in the Friend Friday Blog on author Kirby Larson’s web site.

Learning to read is a wondrous time in a child’s life. But for some kids, the difficulty of reading obscures its magic. For a number of reasons, every elementary school classroom has a few kids who resist reading. Because they don’t practice it very often, reading remains a chore. But kidlit authors can help reluctant readers by following a few simple guidelines as they write. Thanks, Kirby Larson for giving me the platform to speak to other children’s book authors.