No matter what program, philosophy, curriculum, or units of study you use, all of us can agree that reading is conversation and each one of the above mentioned subscribe to this. In fact, all of the above incorporate specific lessons to help students grow with reading conversations.
As a reading specialist, helping students create a reading life is essential for students to fall in love with reading. All books do talk indeed and one of the joys of my long career is listening to my students tell me how their book of choice talks to them and what that book means to them in their own lives.