Reply #25: Have you tried comic books or how-to books for your son?

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Your son sounds like my little brother. He never wanted to read even though everyone in the house had a book in front of their face. He was big into drawing and painting but wouldn't ever read. Then one day he discovered my older brother's comic books and was entranced. At a young age he slowly worked himself up to adult Science Fiction and drawing/painting how-to books. It was amazing what he painted after reading a how-to book. I think he found the visual medium of comic books very stimulating and eventually got caught up in the words.