Thank you, @udywriter for your comment. Thank you also for letting me know about the discord link. I will create a new invite to the Discord group.
Yes, the more children are exposed to books, the more their vocabulary (in whatever language) will expand and become richer. I employ these strategies in our pre-school. Our little ones just love to interact and engage during story reading, and they ask a lot of questions. They also give their own ideas and responses to their own questions. This practice develops their communication skills, as well as their cognitive and emotional skills.