Southern Health-Santé Sud Speech Language Pathologist Sheri Hyra is sharing the information that children learn to read better from actual books, and not e-readers.

"As preschool therapists, we're just happy with parents reading to their children," says Hyra. "It's nothing fancy that's required to promote good communication or early literacy skills, just an engaging adult and some time to interact. But books are a big part of that."

She notes e-readers can be a distraction.

"Possibly, sometimes, the conversations revolve more around how to manage the device, and that loses the richness of the conversation," continues Hyra. "If you have an e-book that promotes conversation about the story, rather than how to push the buttons or how to make the sound work, then it's still a positive and rich learning experience for those kids."