I always read to my kid before bedtime. He started to learn to read while in kindergarten, and I began having him read me one book a night (with a lot of help) before reading to him. He's gotten much better, and now he reads me the same number of books I read to him. I've gotten a few early reader compilation books from target which provide a good variety (though the material quality is pretty terrible - they started falling apart after a few days).