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
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Barnboksakademins Seventeen Reasons for Children's Books: