Children's Reading Blog: Research and Guides
Research, guides, and honest thinking on children's reading, AI, and learning.
Three research-backed guides for parents: why personalised stories raise engagement (self-reference and Lexile), when screen time helps reading instead of replacing it, and what AI actually does in children's books — including the safety checks that are on today and the ones that are not.
Published May 20, 2026
How AI Is Changing Children's Books
What AI really does in personalised children's books: generating versus publishing, why safety pipelines matter, and what AI still cannot replace for kids.
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Screen Time That Actually Helps Reading
Not all screen time is equal. Research on active versus passive screen use, and why a short daily reading session is categorically different from YouTube.
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Why Personalised Stories Help Kids Learn to Read
Why children engage more with stories where they are the hero: self-reference research, Lexile challenge range, and building a daily reading habit that sticks.
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