Reading is the process by which we acquire certain knowledge and information. We can read for the purpose of learning, but also for pleasure, relaxation. It would be good for everybody to start reading from the earliest age because reading to children helps develop their speech skills, literacy, enriches their vocabulary and reflects on emotional development, in other words affects their overall development. Institutions responsible for promoting reading include, among other, libraries. Through their programs and various activities they seek to bring everyone closer to reading and point to the importance of the same in everyday life. This paper deals with reading programs that are held in the school library. It will be important to them, how they influence school children, their values and habits, and how school librarians collaborate with all the participants in the educational process. As an example of good practice, work of the school library of the Primary School of Juraj Dalmatinac in Šibenik is presented because the mentioned school library carries out a multitude of activities that encourage children to be interested in reading and practice it in their free time.