Kids Like IF

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Since 1985, the author of this web site has introduced about five hundred kids, aged eleven through fourteen, to interactive fiction. Most of them like it. In fact, it is the most popular form of literature with most.

Lots of kids tell me that they like interactive fiction mainly because it's an
exciting way to read a story, a way that lets them feel very active and involved. They enjoy using IF to gain experience with all of the major elements of literature, such as plot, setting, and point of view.

Many young people also like the problem-solving that comes with the IF experience. These kids appreciate interactive fiction because it challenges them to recognize and solve problems, in ways that no textbook seems able to match.

Here's what the kids themselves say about interactive fiction and about their favorite stories.

You can find more information about what kids can learn from interactive fiction in Teaching With Interactive Fiction another part of this web site.

Mike, a seventh grader, reads IF intelligently and enthusiastically, with his class and on his own.

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