My daughter did a pretend reading when she started. I went right along with her calling it reading and enjoyed her imagination. She would make up a story to go along with the pictures. This is a way to have her challenge herself without pushing the reading. You could try it as an example to show her how it's done. I don't think every child will do this. It's a personality thing. My son didn't want anything to do with making up stories like this at the prereading stage. So I didn't push the story telling. I try to follow the childs lead.
