I disagree heartily! Sorry, Brenda Reeves, I started going to our public library with my big brother before I started first grade. He read lots of science fiction - and so I did too! Long before I read about dumbass Jack & Jill! And it was my big brother who taught me to read at age 4. My parents? Mother never was a reader - my father came from a brilliant family. He read medical textbooks for relaxation - he was a musician. We NEED book exposure FROM BIRTH!!!