This document provides an overview of issues related to teaching talented readers in the 21st century. It discusses how schools often focus more on testing than developing authentic reading skills. It also notes that media consumption by children has increased substantially. The document advocates that teachers need to reverse "readicide" by incorporating more authentic reading experiences for students and underteaching as well as overteaching books. It also discusses how literacy and 21st century skills are evolving to include critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity using information, media and technology.