It improves their fluency and intonation of voice. That carries over into other forms of reading.

That class will get them used to answering that type of question.

Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.

People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia.

Read whatever book you lay your hands on if you can, for every writer has a story to tell

Anyone who reads, even one from the remote Southwest at the far end of an attenuated tradition, is to some extent a citizen of the world, and I had been a hungry reader all my life.