Scholastic has released the results of their 5th national survey on children and reading. The entire report is available online. Their key findings are:
- Half of all children ages 6-17 are currently reading a book for fun and another in five, just finished one.
- 86% of parents say reading books for fun is extremely or very important, but only 46% of children agree.
- 75% of parents agree that they want their children to read more books for fun and 71% would like to see their children do less screen time.
There’s lots more data to read and encouragement for families to continue reading aloud at home, sharing books with even the youngest of children, and finding books that inspire children to read for fun.
Waking Brain Cells 
Will have to check out the entire report. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for including my new book MR. FERRIS AND HIS WHEEL. I had such fun researching and writing about this fascinating young engineer. Soon after he was a worldwide superstar he became entangled in lawsuits, his wife left him and he died alone and impoverished. Such a shame that what should still stand as our country’s “Eiffel Tower” was blown up and sold as scrap. I was introduced to this fascinating time in history reading THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY which I highly recommend.
Love your blog!
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Thanks for commenting! What a fascinating man and what a tragic end…
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