Prolonged exposure to bright screens can cause eye strain, so parents and educators should

make sure kids are not over exposed to digital screens. Also, most experts recommend
keeping digital screens away from children under the age of twobut this is because young
children need human interaction most of all. Neither digital screens nor paper books should
ever be used as substitutes for parental involvement.

the difference between deep reading, when you really get immersed in a text, and active
learning, when you make notes in margins or put down the book to cross-reference with
something else.
When Anne Campbell of the Open University in Scotland looked at how students used Kindle
readers and paper books, she found that the electronic devices promoted more deep reading and
less active learning. This appeared to be a direct result of design. Theyre less distracted using
this very basic Kindle, she told me. Theyre almost being forced to focus on it because of the
very lack of ability to do things like flick forward and flick back. Another related, widely
replicated finding, is that people read more slowly on screens than from paper.

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-A BOOK OFFERS AN EXPERIENCE
-A BOOK IS A SINGLE-TASKING DEVICE
-I CAN BUY A USED BOOK

Libraries and bookstores - If youre a book nerd, you know the importance of libraries and
bookstores. The smell of all that paper and knowledge in one room is almost too much to handle.
These majestic places wouldnt even exist without books!
While young readers find these digital products very appealing, their multitude of features may
diffuse childrens attention, interfering with their comprehension of the text

"Some scientists believe that our brain actually interprets written letters and words as physical
objectsa reflection of the fact that our minds evolved to perceive things, not symbols," writes
Carr. "The physical presence of the printed pages, and the ability to flip back and forth through
them, turns out to be important to the minds ability to navigate written works, particularly
lengthy and complicated ones. We quickly develop a mental map of the contents of a printed text,
as if its argument or story were a voyage unfolding through space. If youve ever picked up a
book that you read long ago and discovered that your hands were able to locate a particular
passage quickly, youve experienced this phenomenon."