书是人类进步的阶梯。儿童少年天生是爱书的。虽然现代科技的发展使人类文化知识的传播载体变得令人眼花缭乱,但书仍然是其中的最主要的载体,因而仍然是儿童少年健康成长所必需的精神食粮中的“主食”。从出版的角度看,“少儿读物”是指专为儿童少年编辑出版的各类出版物,但从阅读的角度看, The book is the ladder of human progress. Children are born to love books. Although the development of modern science and technology has made the carrier of dissemination of human cultural knowledge dazzling, the book remains the most important carrier among them and therefore remains the “staple food” of the spiritual food necessary for the healthy growth of children and adolescents. From a publishing point of view, “children’s books” refers to a variety of publications specifically edited and published for children and adolescents, but from a reading point of view,