Reasons for Reading

  • Reading is an easy form of entertainment
  • Reading makes us go through all kinds of emotions as we laugh, cry, are comforted, scared and so much more
  • Reading is relaxing, both for body and mind
  • Reading reduces stress
  • Reading stimulates our imagination and creativity
  • Reading helps us develop our vocabulary and language
  • Reading inspires us and awakens our curiosity and interests
  • Reading develops our thinking and gives us new ideas and knowledge
  • Reading widens our consciousness and concept of the world
  • Reading is an exercise for the brain
  • Reading gives us discipline and trains our concentration
  • Reading improves our memory
  • Reading develops our capacity to empathize by putting ourselves in other people's shoes and understanding the emotions of the characters we're reading about
  • Reading makes us better at school
  • Reading provides company when we're lonely
  • Reading makes us understand that people and their cultures are different


Barnboksakademins Sjutton skäl för barnboken:

https://www.barnboksakademin.com/downloads/17_svenska.pdf

Barnboksakademins Seventeen Reasons for Children's Books:

https://www.barnboksakademin.com/downloads/17_engelska.pdf