An abundance of research all points to the same thing: kids that read (or kids that are read to) daily from an early age perform better on their report cards. As children move through the phases of listening to stories, sounding out words, stringing words together to make a sentence, and then, eventually, reading a complete book, they begin to master a language, improve communication skills, and their comprehension blossoms. Enter Ciarra Moore. She has written a Children’s book called Life As We Grow, which contains 6 short stories and has included illustrations on every page. Life As We Grow is an online reading oasis for young children to escape into the land of knowledge and hope.