Fill in the Blanks Paper books better than e-bookOnline version Gap-filling task by agnes jasso 1 replace observing button study observations device discovered comments interact enhanced march found The of technology may seem unstoppable , but all things digital may have a way to go before they the traditional bedtime book - the paper one . A new shows that paper books are better than e - books for bedtime reading . The study suggests that the good old printed book , with real pages that you turn with your fingers , makes parents and children more than they do when reading with an electronic book . Researchers from the University of Michigan studied how 37 pairs of parents and toddlers interacted with e - books and paper books . The researchers that with electronic books , parents asked their children fewer questions and made fewer about the story . The study involved parents and children ( aged two or three ) reading from three different book formats . These were printed books , basic e - books on a tablet , and e - books with features such as animation , graphics and sound effects . The researchers that the parents and toddlers interacted with each other less with both types of e - books than they did with the printed books . A researcher said that when they did speak , they were far likelier to talk about the and the technology rather than about the story . Children were likelier to say things like , " don't push that " or " don't change the volume " than ask questions or make about the story .
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