
Why do kids love reading the same book over and over? Child development experts explain.
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall
created: June 11, 2025, 6:45 p.m. | updated: June 21, 2025, 6:44 p.m.
“You get a lot of bang for your buck.”Here’s why child development experts like Pressman recommend just going with it.
“And that becomes like a launch pad for learning all kinds of things.”What’s more, even with a simple picture book, young children often discover something new with each reading.
Over time, young children begin to understand a picture book’s storylines and illustrations more deeply.
“The questions or talk that we use with kids on the first readings is very different than the kind of conversations that might happen on the 1,000th reading,” Rowe says.
Parents also can ask their child to read the book to them, Rowe says, at whatever level they’re capable of.
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