About One School, One Book

The benefits of reading aloud are remarkable. Reading aloud sharpens the imagination, creates healthy dialogue, and engenders in children a love of reading. When children listen, they learn about their own lives and the stories of others around the globe. Studies have shown that reading to children helps them to listen better and longer, to build bigger vocabularies, to understand concepts better, to feel positive about both books and learning – and much more.

In addition, reading to children strengthens the emotional bonds between the adult reader and the child, providing those positive parent-child connections essential to a child’s psychological health and academic growth.

When an entire school reads the same book, the buzz and excitement around the book augments these benefits. Reading a book together brings the added joy of building and expanding a sense of community among students, parents, teachers, and staff – and beyond.