This research aimed to identify the importance of the act of reading with EJAI students in the 1st Phase, at the Municipal School Luíza Leopoldina Lopes, in the district of Xucuru-Belo JardimPE. As well as analysing the difficulties in learning to read presented by students, verifying the influence of the act of reading in their school, social and cultural life, in addition to identifying how knowing how to read acts on their self-esteem. As for the method used, it was done through the qualitative and descriptive aspects and as for the objectives, the research is of a basic nature, because it has intellectual curiosity as motivation. The procedure adopted was a case study. In the results, we note that there is difficulty in carrying out basic activities of daily life. The result of the research, allows us to understand the relationship that exists between the subject and the world and how they feel excluded from society for not developing tasks according to the desired level of learning.