Not every child likes to read. It’s a real phenomenon. One of my goals as an author is to honor kids who have that experience. That’s why I wrote I Hate Reading (HarperCollins, 2020), and The Book No One Wants To Read (HarperCollins, 2021). One of the reasons I respect a child’s experience of being not-so-eager to read is that I am certain this feeling can be a temporary. Another reason: I simply believe that all children’s experienced deserve acknowledgement and respect. Every child deserves the chance to be acknowledged even though they are going through a tough — and temporary — situation.

Back to the temporary nature of resisting reading … The fact is: Reading is difficult to master. Equally true, however, is the idea that reading is a skill that can be mastered.

My books,  I Hate Reading and The Book No One Wants To Read serve a unique, growing target audience: 2nd – 5th grade reluctant readers and students with learning challenges. These kids are too old or “mature” for traditional picture books and educational phonics-based texts (which are general only designed for kids up to 2nd grade). These books break the fourth wall, have sense of humor, and acknowledge that the reader may not be eager to be sitting down with a book. It’s hard to find books designed for typical 2nd – 5th graders who resist reading.

Here’s a customer testimonial for  The Book No One Wants To Read which has a goal of reaching reluctant readers:

My son does NOT like to read. However, he has to read for 20min for homework each day. This is one book that he doesn’t mind reading to me, and generally takes up almost 20min, so we are good with that. We both even chuckle a few times at some of the pages. There seems like a lot of pages in the book, but they go really fast. Sometimes just one word on each page, and it makes my son feel accomplished that he read soo many pages. Highly recommend for young readers who “hate to read.”