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Why is Reading and Access Important?

Why is Reading and Access Important?

Pie chart titled 'Kid's Favorite Books based on Choice' showing 92% of books chosen by kids and 8% not chosen by kids.

IT BUILDS MORE THAN JUST VOCABULARY

Reading grows people.

It builds curiosity.

Asking questions is where growth begins.

It builds empathy.

Stories help us understand people and places beyond our own.

It builds knowledge.

Reading opens doors to new ideas, information and ways of thinking.

It builds possibility.

A book can spark a dream or show a way forward.

It builds confidence.

Every finished book is proof I can do hard things.


Reading shapes how we think, how we show up, and how we build our lives.


THE RESEARCH IS CLEAR

Decades of research show reading by choice improves outcomes across every stage of life.