Believe it or not, the answer is yes! Reading expands our minds and opens our brains to new ideas. It keeps our minds sharp and healthy! Reading also helps you feel good about yourself. Don't you like to feel like a superstar? Reading does this for you! The more you read, the more you learn, and from what I hear, that makes you really awesome. Reading also helps you think very critically; this means you will be pro at solving mysteries, like Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes! It also helps you remember things, so you don't have to live a like Dory with short term memory loss. No one wants that! You know those big words your parents use sometimes? You can know and use these words too when you read. Reading helps you have a head full of strong vocabulary words. Now that you know all of this, how could reading not be important?