I am a reader. My daughter is not. I tried offering all of the above books in paperback. She loved receiving them but never sat long enough to get into them. I ended up reading aloud to her at night. She listened to each one and always wanted more. "Just one more chapter, please." She's in 5th grade and I still read to her. (No one is ever too old to hear a story!) But I wanted her to become a reader. I resisted the idea of getting her a Kindle Paperwhite but since we don't do smartphones, I went for it. She has an iPad-- I could have installed the Kindle app, but a book can't compete with that kind of distraction. A Kindle is only for books. A Kindle Paperwhite, specifically, is lit with a soft transparent light that is easy on the eyes. You're not reading on an eye-straining backlit LCD screen. It's totally different. PLUS, you tap on a word to look it up. Instant dictionary! Plus, you can borrow books from the library with a click. My daughter fell IN LOVE with her Kindle. She read an entire book in a week. For us, that was a big WOW. And then ANOTHER book the following week. And another after that. I'm blown away. If you have a reluctant reader, this just might do the trick. When we limit screen time on TV and her iPad, her mood sours until I say this: "No more iPad, no more TV, but you can read on your Kindle."