Why is reading important?
Reading teaches children about the world around them and helps them to model what happens in various situations. By reading a variety of books, children can learn about people, places, and events outside of their own experience and develop the skills to deal with something new.
Why is good literature important?
Books help kids develop basic language skills and profoundly expand their vocabularies—much more than any other media. Books are interactive; they demand that kids think. Fiction and nonfiction books widen our consciousness. They give us new ways to think and new ideas.
Reading level Books
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
The BFG by Ronald Dahl
Because of Win Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster