If I had a regular teacher forum, here's what I would say:

We need to be blessing and encouraging children to start seeking out authors they love, developing tastes and passions, likes and even dislikes.

a) We need to have students do a Book Browsing Journal, in which they look at 20 books they *might* like, and then answer questions about it based on their research: reading 3-5 pages (either on Amazon or in bookstores), looking at other people's recommendations, comparing it to past purchases, etc. We should encourage students to both approve and reject books, and to emphasize that everyone should *look at* or *browse* more books than they choose to read. From this journal should come book choices. (We could have book allowance cards from here.) We should also recommend books.

Model your own love of reading! If you love reading, let it show! Talk about your favorite books, your favorite books as a child, etc., and bring the student alongside you.