Some people believe that it is a waste of time for children to spend a lot of time on reading story books, and it is more deserving for children to spend time doing other more meaningful activities. I fully agree with this statement. Although reading story books spend a lot of time, children could develop curiosity for knowledge, and influence their academic success. 63 Children could have a better performance on academic with strong curiosity for knowledge.Children could be encouraged to think critically and develop problem sloving skills by reading story books. Also, the characters in the story books could inspire children to learn more about the world around them. Besides, story books included new vocabularies and phrases and this encourage children to learn the meaning, which could boost their eager for knowledge. Furthermore, children are leading to seek the answers they are curious about the stories or the characters, which could also lead them to ask questions and seek the an...