“…Studies on the selection of books for shared reading have found that adults and children take a number of factors into consideration, such as the aesthetic aspects of books like the illustrations (Anderson, Anderson, Shapiro, & Lynch, ; Bergman Deitcher, Aram, & Adar, ; Danko‐McGhee & Slutsky, ; Reuter, ), the book's familiarity (Robinson, Larsen, Haupt, & Mohlman, ) and self‐identity (including gender, ethnicity and reading level) (Bang‐Jensen, ; McGeown, , Wagner, ). Parents were found to select books that interested them in their own childhoods (Švab & Žumer, ) or that they think will interest their children (Tekin & Tekin, ).…”