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Findings from the National Literacy Trust’s 2012 Annual Literacy Survey on reading enjoyment, reading behaviour outside class and reading attitudes.View details about Accelerated Reader and Young People's Reading in 2012 -
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Read about the number of books young people read in a month and how this links with other reading variables, such as reading enjoyment, attitudes towards reading, reading frequency...View details about Is Four the Magic Number? Number of books read in a month and young people’s wider reading behaviour -
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Discover how much children and young people enjoyed reading in 2010, how often they read in their free time, what types of formats they read outside class, and what...View details about Children’s and Young People’s Reading in 2010: Setting the baseline -
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Read about book ownership in 2010, with 1 in 3 children and young people saying that they don’t have a book of their own at home.View details about The Gift of Reading in 2011: Children and young people’s access to books and attitudes towards reading -
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Read our study that shows how book ownership is not only associated with attainment but is also related more broadly to literacy and education, from reading enjoyment...View details about Book ownership and its relation to reading enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment -
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Read about why young people use or do not use their local library and how this relates to their reading behaviour and attitudes more widely.View details about Public Libraries and Reading: Young people’s reading habits and attitudes to public libraries, and an exploration of the relationship between public library use and school attainment -
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This report shows that what parents say, and what they do, can have a considerable impact on children’s and young people’s reading enjoyment, confidence and...View details about Family Matters: The importance of family support for young people's reading in 2011 -
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Discover how much children and young people enjoyed reading in 2011, how often they read in their free time, what types of formats they read outside class, and what...View details about Children's and Young People's Reading in 2011 -
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Read about what children said about their home literacy environment and parental support for reading in 2009.View details about Children’s and Young People’s Reading 2009: The importance of the home environment and family support -
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Read about what children said about their home literacy environment and parental support for reading in 2009.View details about Young People's Self-Perceptions as Readers (2009) -
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This report outlines how school library usage differs according to background demographics and reading attainment, and how it relates to wider enjoyment of reading,...View details about Linking School Libraries and Literacy -
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Do children and young people have reading role models? If so, do these role models come from their immediate social environment? Or are more distant ones, such as celebrities, also...View details about Reaching Out with Role Models: Role models and young people’s reading (2009) -
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Read about our survey on the self-perceptions of young people as readers. We explore to what extent young people see themselves as readers? What does it mean to be a reader? What...View details about Young People's Self-Perceptions as Readers (2008) -
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The 2008 National Year of Reading (NYR) was delivered by a consortium of partners led by the National Literacy Trust.View details about Reading: the Future – final report of the 2008 National Year of Reading -
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Findings are based on a 2007 National Literacy Trust survey of 29 primary and secondary schools in England, which included some questions around the reader self-concept.View details about Demystifying the Reluctant Reader (2007) -
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Read our analysis of children and young people's reading habits in the light of whether or not they receive free school meals.View details about Social inclusion and Reading: An exploration (2006) -
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Read why some pupils choose to read for pleasure and others do not. The findings are part of our first large-scale reading survey conducted in 2005.View details about Children's and Young People's Reading Habits and Preferences (2005): The who, what, why, where and when
