As the father of a little girl (soon to be two little girls), I thought I’d do the dad thing and post an adorable PSA for books.
My daughter’s bedroom is largely overrun with books, but I do wonder how the rise of digital books will translate over the course of her life.
She figured out the iPad within minutes of getting her hands on it (she’s 3.5 years right now), yet she hasn’t been captured by the admittedly rich book experiences on the iPad. We’ll see what happens when she starts reading instead of simply looking at the pictures.
That PSA is brilliant, and it reminds me of a local Denver marketing poster, “These are your kids on books” http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/these-are-your-kids-on-books-poster-goes-viral_b50937 ….cool stuff.
I think it really is going to be fascinating what happens to readers of your daughter’s generation, for they have really been born into a digital world. I’m curious.
Erin Block(Quote) (Reply)
It was nice to see all-around good guy Levar Burton get a cameo in the spot.
As for digital, a lot can change, though one trend I’m unsure of is the concept of embedding video within the text of a book so it can be viewed in place. It’s probably an old guy point, but one of the reasons I want my kids reading a book is because it’s not a video…
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