Throughout the day, I feel like I'm almost always bribing my toddler or preschooler or threatening them to get them to do, well, anything. Pick up toys or you're going to timeout. Eat all your dinner and you can have a cookie. But, especially during the challenging bedtime routine, I started making books the bribe. If you brush your teeth quickly, we can read two books! Let's get out of the bath now so we have time to read! It actually has made them more motivated, and it stokes that eagerness to read at the same time.