Every Child Can be a Reading Star Time to say hello. A child says hello to family and pets as a way to start the day. Hello is part of the Reading Stars series. Reading Star books are for kids at the very beginning of a lifetime love of reading. Each book features less than 50 words and uses repetition to build confidence. Hello is 24 pages long features 16 different words for your child to master. The words are: brother, cat, dad, does, fish, go, has, hello, I, mom, my, not, say, says, sister, the, to.