Reading is important because it is the building block of learning. It improves your focus, vocabulary, and knowledge of the world. This is why reading good literature is also important because it exercises the imagination. You are able to challenge your mind when you are reading a great book!
Recommended Literature:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Super Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Judy Moody Was in a Mood by Megan McDonald
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
If You Give a Mouse an iPhone by Ana Droyd
Unplugged by Gordan Korman