I don't read as much as I would like, but I still read books in addition to surfing the web. I also listen to audiobooks and podcasts while I am busy with other stuff.
As a kid, I remember liking Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Else Holmelund Minarik, Russel and Lillian Hoban, Syd Hoff, and P. D. Eastman, just to name a few authors.
I do not think my generation's parents were into giving books to their kids or maybe it was just my parents. I remember going to my Aunt Mae's house and her having a huge stack of comics that she kept for us to read, she had no kids.
My kids might have had some of the books you mentioned but I only recognize one author, they had his.