I Hate Reading is a highly visual chapter book designed to help even the most reluctant reader breeze through reading time, feel successful at reading, and even laugh! Get reluctant readers reading with I Hate Reading! OK. So, you have to read for 20 minutes, but you don’t want to. Maybe your mom or dad or teacher even has a timer—yikes! If you have to read, but you don’t like reading, this book is for you! If someone’s bugging you to open a book, grab this one. In this book, you’ll zoom through 20 minutes of reading . . . without really reading! Did you know that 65% of 4th graders in the US read below grade level? Learning to read can be frustrating. But it can also be fun. I Hate Reading by Beth Bacon validates the experience of reluctant readers and rewards them with laughter.

As a third-grader who hates to read unwillingly looks at a book, the characters come alive and interest him so much that he begins to care about them and turn the pages.

This is a book written for all those individuals who hate reading. The author understands the many reasons not to read, for he hated reading. He made justifications for not reading for years. Some of them were and still are legitimate. Nevertheless, there are many more surpassingly warranted reasons in favor of reading. In this book, the author identifies the benefits of reading as well as the concerns non-readers have. He offers a three-step strategy to becoming an avid reader. No matter how you feel about reading today, after reading this book, you may well develope your own love affair with reading. When you do, you will be forever changed and perpetually growing.

In this book you'll find out how to get through 20 minutes of reading ... without really reading!

Now in fourth grade, Victor, the daydreamer with a reputation as a bad student who hates to read, secretly reads all the time.

Lots of people try to teach Hamish to read.