How to choose a book

"Ways how to choose a book for/with your child/ren: Depending on the age of your child/ren you might want to help them to choose a book, e.g. at the library or when buying a book at the bookstore. You can try the following methods:
a) Looking at the cover of the book and reading the blurb to see whether it seems appealing
b) Opening the book at about one third of the story and reading a page; at this point the characters should already be well developed and the story engaging so that one can tell whether it would be interesting to find out more"