There's such a powerful connection between fiction and non fiction. Research suggests that your background knowledge about a topic correlates to how well you 're able to comprehend it. If i wanted to enrich my reading experience, i would combine my reading of a novel with my reading of short non fiction pieces to enrich that novel. And maybe i would just describe how this might work in a school setting, and then how i've applied it with my kids and even with myself.
Doug Lemov of Uncommon School and co-author of Reading Reconsidered talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about reading. Lemov makes the case for the educational importance of critical reading of challenging books and texts. Along the way, he gives listeners some ideas of how to read themselves and gives parents some ideas for how to educate their children.