Ten Ways Reading Helps Kids Rise

Books in the home are the single biggest indicator of academic success - surpassing income, parents' education, family composition, and all other factors
Reading together helps families develop closer relationships with one another.
Reading expands your vocabulary, which helps expand understanding and the ability to express oneself.
Reading opens your mind to new people and places and enhances your imagination.
Reading is relaxing.
Books help children flex their critical thinking skill muscles as they seek to figure out what happens next in the story.
Books teach your child about relationships, situations, personalities, and what is good and what is bad in the world he lives in.
Reading promotes positive communication in families.
Reading helps build character.