Experts says it's never too early to introduce your child to books.

In today's Family Now report, News Specialist Ruth Todd explains how local libraries are turning children into born readers.

Research suggests getting even very young children familiar with books will prepare them for a better and brighter future. And the younger you start, the better.

The Book Baby program in the Salt Lake City Library System is designed to teach parents to do just that.

Mothers attending the three-month session at the Anderson-Foothill Library in Salt Lake City hope it gives their children a chance to get ahead.

Sheri Dalton: "I think it will help him read quicker and earlier and give him just a head start on being able to hear the words and being able to speak."

Sara Shapiro: "I hope it instills a better interest in books and reading and awareness of other things in the world."

Book Baby teaches parents that toddlers can listen longer and follow a simple story.

And even though they can't read, let them touch the books and turn the pages. Babies treat books like toys.

Read the same story over and over again. Children learn through the repetition of nursery rhymes and sing songs.

Let them interrupt to ask questions.

It's okay if they lose interest. Their attention spans are short.

Experts say the attention children get from their parents also shows the child reading is important.

Adriane Juarez/Foothill-Anderson Youth Librarian: "Try to turn off the t.v. every day and do a little reading. And it's a very nice time for one on one between parent and child. It's a very comfortable experience of putting a child on your lap and sharing that with them."

The moms say they notice their children are already focusing on the basics of reading.

Sheri Dalton: "He likes to eat the books. He likes to see the pictures, and you know, the ones he can feel things on. He's really just listening to the words and to turn the pages."