Sacramento Monarchs players Rebekkah Brunson and Adrian Williams visited students at Hagginwood Elementary School in Sacramento on Wednesday to interact and read with children through the WNBA�s Read to Achieve program.

After reading the book, �If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,� by Laura Joffe Numeroff, the players talked to the kids about the importance of staying in school, and to make reading a daily habit.

�When I was your age,� explained Adrian Williams, �my parents wouldn�t allow me to play basketball unless I got all A�s and B�s on my report card.� She said that school came tough for her, but that through hard work and extra tutoring, she was able to attain the grades required by her parents. �And it taught me that hard work pays off,� Williams said.

The students at the event are part of Hagginwood Elementary�s CORAL after school program.

Read to Achieve is a year-round campaign to help young people develop a lifelong love for reading and encourage adults to read regularly with children. Reaching an estimated 50 million children a year, Read to Achieve is the most extensive educational outreach initiative in the history of professional sports.