Reply #11: For my son, and our values, I would say

[booksenkatz]

"Isn't it fun to read about myths and folklore? The Native Americans had some great stories that helped explain the world around them. And few cultures can compare with the amazing stuff that the Greeks and Romans conjured up! The Bible is another book that's packed with interesting myths and legends. It's all great reading, and many people think this stuff is the truth, isn't that something? But certainly very little, if any, is true." Then we'd giggle about the ark filled with animals.

But I was never into fiction, myself. I'm far more interested in reading about what really happened/happens.