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Why do you read? Pleasure? Relaxation? Information? Today, I read the instructions on my eclipse glasses. We traveled 3 hours to the area of totality, but the clouds got in our way. I did know how to use the glasses correctly, because I can read!

25 Benefits of Reading
If we are readers, we read books constantly. Even if we are not readers, we read, constantly. Directions, signs, pamphlets, work product, labels, textbooks, novels, and reviews all count as reading. Why should you read? What are the benefits of reading? Here are 25 of them, in no particular order.

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Why did you read today?
Connie

Connie Mistler Davidson, Reading Editor
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