When children are read to, it helps them become excellent readers, writers and thinkers. When children hear the stories, ideas and vocabulary that comes from being read to at a much higher level than they can read at themselves it has a big impact. Talking about books helps children become readers too. Looking at books and talking about the pictures, talking about what you’ve just read, pointing out interesting details in the illustrations, predicting or wondering what will happen next, sharing feelings about the books all help to create readers.