Reading is of immense value to our children because it gives them the tools to learn how to dream, how to aspire towards goals not yet realized, and how to think originally and intelligently. These are the benchmarks by which they'll be measured in the future.
We love books because they are portals to our imagination. They take us places we always wanted to go, places we never thought possible, and teleport us to the deepest truths about ourselves that we never knew existed.