Never read bunnicula, but when I was a kid I was a late reader, especially compared to my family. My mom was 3 when she learned, my brother was 4. I was 7. But once I picked it up, I loved reading, and my neighborhood had a little local library. By the time I was 9 I had gone through all the books in the kids section, and the librarian let me go pick whatever I wanted from the grown up section. I went from reading to stave off boredom to devouring books, because I felt like I had choice. I could choose whatever stories I wanted to read. Like a fucking nerd I chose Shakespeare and a book on mythology, but still. It was the most incredible feeling.