I give board books as baby gifts and when my kids were young and went to birthday parties we usually gave nice picture books as gifts.

Its a completely different skill from reading. I have struggled with full length books, but do fine with short stories and podcasts, probably because they are less intricate and short fiction has fewer characters to keep track of.

Nope. You do you.

I’ve been using Goodreads. I like being able to sort them into different categories

I once heard a poet laureate in an interview (I can't remember who - this was about 20 years ago) who said the worst thing you can do to a poem is give it to an english teacher. They will make you look for all sorts of things that probably aren't in it. I felt vindicated for hating my lit classes, even though I love literature.

Is it a question of a flagging attention span? Perhaps start small like with short stories or lengthy magazine articles if you want NF, then work your way back up to novels. Good luck!

All children should have books available in their homes. As holiday season approaches books are welcome additions to children’s charity drive boxes seen around town. And they usually last longer than a lot of toys.