DD has always loved books and her attention span for them has always been pretty good, although she did go through a 'busy' distracted stage of not being that interested, can't remember how old she was though sorry! But I never pushed her to listen to the story, they have to want to listen.

I have always chosen books that aren't too long otherwise it gets boring for them (and me!).....keep it interesting, mix it up, read them the books that you know they just love and you can read them over and over and they don't seem to get sick of some of their books.

I love reading with DD they really do learn so much from their books. Just remember to keep it a short story (until her attention span improves) and use different tones of voice etc!!! I use lots of actions too sometimes depends on the book.