When was the last time you read a book — for fun? When was the last time your child or grandchild did? In a world dominated by screens of all sizes, reading for pleasure — particularly a traditional ...

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Any reader knows the unique delight of settling down with a good book. But over the past two decades, there has been a steady decline in Americans who read for fun, according to a study published ...

New research from University College London and the University of Florida suggests that the number of people in the U.S. who read for pleasure is declining Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial ...

If we want children to love reading and listening to stories, we must take care not to present the story as some sort of quiz where, upon finishing, we ask a litany of questions about what the deeper ...

Do you like to read for fun? What do you read? "I like to read for fun because for school you have to read chapter books, but for fun you can read any book you want. I like to read 'Goosebumps' ...

The amount of people engaging in the pastime dropped by 40% over the past two decades, according to new research. Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Do you sometimes crack open a novel during your downtime ...

This fact I read recently disappointed me: Most children stop reading for fun by the age of 9. Do what? Reading for fun is how I grew up! Nancy Drew was always solving mysteries. Cherry Ames was the ...

New research from University College London and the University of Florida suggests that the number of people in the U.S. who read for pleasure is declining A new study published on Aug. 20 by journal ...

From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend. By Maggie Astor Any reader knows the unique delight of ...

A new reading survey by Scholastic publishing tells us pretty much what we already knew: Fewer kids read for fun as they get older. So many studies have shown this, that the fact can't be argued with.

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