The Kimberly Moore Foundation understands the importance of reading. We believe that every child should have access to books and the opportunity to build their own home library. Knowlege is power and books are full of it. Reading has the ability to boost our children's learning potential simply by making books an integral part of their lives. Reading is the key to a child's academic future. Some of the benefits of reading include:

• A higher aptitude for learning in general - kids who read do better at all subjects in school all the way through school.

• Allow children to express themselves when communicating with others

• Enrich vocabulary

• Increase use of imagination and listening skills

• A better understanding of cause and effect. Children will learn to excersice logic along with learning to think in abstract terms

• Increase comprehension

• Increase concentration

• Increase discipline

• Better memory retention

• Help in developing empathy. It allows the the child to identify with the charactor in the the story and feel what they are feeling

• Can provide a better understanding of other cultures as it can teach children about the world around them outside of their own experiences

• Reading opens the door to future success - One of the truest predictors of future success is the amount of reading that children do at a young age.