On Thursday, Danay launched her second year touring Central Valley schools. She spoke to students at Orange Center Elementary School about the importance of reading.
She also gave every child in attendance a book to help expand their imagination.
"My challenge is that I challenge everybody in the room to read a book and then pass it on so that everybody gets to read a book," Danay said.
So far, Danay has collected more than 500,000 books. During her book tour, Danay will visit 170 Valley schools this year and speak to some 150,000 students.