Characters teach you about life and relationships.

Meaning: Reading books can help you learn about different types of people and how they interact with each other.

Choice of Words: Characters are the people or animals in a story. Teach means to give someone knowledge or skills. Life refers to the existence of an individual human being or animal. Relationships are connections between people or things.

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Stories help us learn about the world and ourselves.

Meaning: This means that stories can teach us important things about the world around us and about ourselves.

Choice of Words: Stories are made-up events or experiences that are told or written down. Help means to make something easier or possible. Learn means to gain knowledge or understanding. World is the place where we live and everything in it. Ourselves means each person individually.

Books can transport us to different times and places.

Meaning: This means that books can take us on journeys to different parts of the world and different periods of time.

Choice of Words: Books are written or printed works that contain information, stories, or ideas. Transport means to move something from one place to another. Different means not the same as something else. Times refers to specific moments in history or periods of time. Places refers to specific locations or areas.

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