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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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An overview of the research evidence emphasising the importance of reading for pleasure in 2006.View details about Reading for pleasure: A research overview (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
