What are readers?

Readers are people who look at words and think about what they mean, like when you read a storybook.

Imagine you have a toy box full of blocks, each block has letters on it, and when you put them together in the right way, they make words. Readers take those words and turn them into pictures in their minds. It's like playing with your blocks, but instead of building a tower, you're building a story.

When a reader sees a sentence like "The cat ran fast," they don’t just see the letters, they picture a cat running quickly, maybe even hear it panting. That's how readers bring books to life!

Sometimes, readers read aloud, like when you tell your mom a bedtime story. Other times, they read silently, like when you're solving a puzzle on your own.

Readers can be anyone, a kid reading a picture book, a grandpa reading the newspaper, or even a robot learning how to read!