A children's book, a source of imagination

As a parent it must be difficult to filter through all of the junk your child will be exposed to in their day to day. But as a parent you are expected to nurture them and protect them. Books are one of the best answers for any child, be they comics or a series such as Harry Potter. Movies are especially good at bringing fantasy into their imaginations, but books still win out when a developing imagination is being nurtured.
Books allow the child to imagine a place, sometimes a magical place with magical characters. These are brain building exercises that are fun and informative, and so a great way for a child to grow.
Books like the The Spiderwick Chronicles , The Bridge to Terabithia and West of Noreaso speak to the child. These books bring them into situations or worlds that are only found through discovery, reading through the pages and studying the illustrations. It is my suggestion that the book always be a child's first experience, the movie and/or T.V. show a secondary source for the story.
Let your child experience a story in their own mind before someone else tells them how to see it.