One of the not quite unexpected but very obvious benefits of having paper books around (although mostly properly presented on shelves thank you) is that a child

One of the not quite unexpected but very obvious benefits of having paper books around (although mostly properly presented on shelves thank you) is that a child born into such a household grows up seeing books and his parents handling and reading them. Our 2½ year old now has lots of books of his own (like most of his peers of course), but he's also acutely aware that books (and by extension pure, focused, uninterrupted reading) are a natural part of his parents lives as well.