On the extinction of paper children’s books

Yesterday Kevin Rose tweeted:

OMG, Alice for the iPad, paper kids books are dead.

Alice for the iPad is indeed really nice:

My nearly 3-year-old son loves using the iPad. At best, the iPad is a proof-of-concept gadget for adults — they’ll get it right by version three — but it’s perfect for kids right now. It’s just the right size for little hands and laps and the interface is simple, intuitive, and easy to learn.

However, I’d like to assure the childless Rose that if paper books ever go extinct (they won’t), paper children’s books will be the last to go, particularly among the pre-K crowd. E-books are “broken” in several ways that are important to kids, not the least of which is that paper books are super useful as floors in really tall block buildings.

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