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Importance of Childhood Reading
Children have always been encouraged to read books. Similarly, parents have always been advised to cultivate a culture of reading in their children. The reason for the emphasis on childhood reading is evident; it does not only help children be knowledgeable but also improves their communication skills. Moreover, it helps them become conversant with the environment around them. The importance of reading has been highlighted by Sherman Alexie and Eudora Welty in their narrations. In this regard, this essay seeks to explore how the two authors demonstrate the importance of childhood reading.
According to Alexie, reading during childhood is essential as it helps children become smart (Alexie 498). As compared to those who do not read, those students who are possessed with reading articles and stories are smarter than their counterparts who read less or avoids reading books. Alexie narrates how he used to fight with his classmates. Being Indians, his classmates were good at speaking in Indian languages but would become “monosyllabic” when talking to non-Indians (Alexie 498). However, as opposed to his classmates, he was smart and would engage in conversation with both the Indians and the non-Indians. In short, Alexie supports the claim that reading during childhood is important by demonstrating how it helps children become conversant with other languages apart from the local ones and thus help them become smart to be able to hold a conversation with anybody.

Notably, Alexie uses a personal narrative as evidence to demonstrate how childhood reading is important.
Just like Alexie, Welty supports the idea that reading in childhood is important. In support of this claim, she narrates her childhood story in an attempt to illustrate how her childhood reading helped her as a child and how it equally helped her as she aged. From the narration, Welty hints that childhood reading helped her become smart and more knowledgeable. She states ever since she began reading, there was no single line read that she had never come across before (Welty 495). She also hints on how childhood reading helped her have a good memory as she could still recall most of the books she read while still a child. Just like Alexie, she uses a personal narration as evidence to demonstrate how childhood reading is essential.
Conclusively, it is apparent that childhood reading is an important activity that every child must embrace. Alexie demonstrates how childhood reading helped him outsmart his classmates. Additionally, he explains how it shaped him into the person he later became. Welty also highlights the importance of reading by stating how it helped her become knowledgeable. Therefore, it is vital that all children embrace childhood reading as it has its benefits.

Works Cited
Alexie, Sherman. Superman and Me. 2018, pp. 496-498.
Welty, Eudora. One Writer’s Beginning. 2018, pp. 490-495.