Children's reading

The boy who lived and lived and lived | The Bookseller

Thu, 17/06/2021 - 4:40pm — Chris Holifield

14 June 2021

The boy who lived and lived and lived | The Bookseller website

In every skirmish in the ‘culture war', be it fought in universities, Twitter or Parliament, there's an inevitable reference to Harry Potter. The Potter references can seem like a joke; the perpetual furore around the politics of a ‘mere' children's author more so. But it is no laughing matter. Read more

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Children read more challenging books in lockdowns, data reveals | Books | The Guardian

Tue, 04/05/2021 - 12:21pm — Chris Holifield

3 May 2021

Children read longer books of greater difficulty during lockdown periods last year, and reported that reading made them feel better while isolated from the wider world, according to new research.

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Children’s laureates campaign for £100m a year to fix primary school libraries | Libraries | The Guardian

Thu, 22/04/2021 - 11:33am — Chris Holifield

19 April 2021

Children’s laureates campaign for £100m a year to fix primary school libraries | Libraries | The Guardian website

All of the UK's children's laureates, including Cressida Cowell, Quentin Blake, Malorie Blackman and Michael Rosen, are uniting to call for the government to dedicate £100m a year to revitalising "deteriorating" primary school libraries across the country, amid fears that literacy levels have dropped severely during the pandemic. Read more

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How Children Read Differently From Books vs. Screens - The New York Times

Thu, 25/03/2021 - 3:32pm — Chris Holifield

22 March 2021

How Children Read Differently From Books vs. Screens - The New York Times website

In this pandemic year, parents have been watching - often anxiously - their children's increasing reliance on screens for every aspect of their education. It can feel as if there's no turning back to the time when learning involved hitting the actual books.

But the format children read in can make a difference in terms of how they absorb information.

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Children's books eight times as likely to feature animal main characters as BAME people | Books | The Guardian

Thu, 12/11/2020 - 12:48pm — Chris Holifield

9 November 2020

Children's books eight times as likely to feature animal main characters as BAME people | Books | The Guardian website

Two years after the stark revelation that only 1% of British children's books featured a main character who was black, Asian or minority ethnic, the proportion has increased to 5%, according to new analysis. But a child from an ethnic minority background is far more likely to encounter an animal protagonist when reading a book than a main character sharing their ethnicity.

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Exit Interview with Michael Eisenberg

Thu, 24/09/2020 - 12:12pm — Chris Holifield

21 September 2020

Exit Interview with Michael Eisenberg website

For more than four decades, Michael Eisenberg has been a fixture in children's books, notably in the field of library marketing. Last month, he ended that chapter of his life when he retired from his post at Highlights for Children. Read more

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Stephenie Meyer: 'I’d like to be remembered for writing The Host - but it’ll be Twilight’ | Books | The Guardian

Thu, 13/08/2020 - 11:38am — Chris Holifield

10 August 2020

Stephenie Meyer: 'I’d like to be remembered for writing The Host - but it’ll be Twilight’ | Books | The Guardian website

The bestselling author of the Twilight series on being a fan of Justina Ireland, reading Terry Brooks as a child and wanting to read every book ever written

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UK's National Literary Trust Research Finds Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids

Wed, 08/07/2020 - 4:18pm — Chris Holifield

6 July 2020

UK's National Literary Trust Research Finds Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids website

Boys Surveyed Said Audio Comprehension Was Higher

The United Kingdom's Publishers Association is pointing out that while the government fast-tracked its plan to remove its 20-percent VAT (value added tax) on ebooks in late April-in light of the country's lockdowns at the time for the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic-audiobooks were not included in that move. Read more

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Nosy Crow’s Free Digital Book for Kids About Coronavirus Takes Off

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 11:28am — Chris Holifield

20 April 2020

Nosy Crow’s Free Digital Book for Kids About Coronavirus Takes Off website

With Axel Scheffler's illustrations and Hugh Bonneville's narration, Nosy Crow's ‘Coronavirus: A Book for Children' has been downloaded more than 700,000 times.

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How Kids' Lit Is Responding to the Coronavirus

Wed, 08/04/2020 - 5:50pm — Chris Holifield

6 April 2020

How Kids' Lit Is Responding to the Coronavirus website

With widespread school and library closures due to the new coronavirus outbreak, children's authors and publishers are going digital to provide kids with ways to read, draw, engage, and support other children who might need a helping hand. PW is tracking some of the most creative efforts on social media and across the web, and will be updating our list regularly.

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Children's reading

The boy who lived and lived and lived | The Bookseller

Children read more challenging books in lockdowns, data reveals | Books | The Guardian

Children’s laureates campaign for £100m a year to fix primary school libraries | Libraries | The Guardian

How Children Read Differently From Books vs. Screens - The New York Times

Children's books eight times as likely to feature animal main characters as BAME people | Books | The Guardian

Exit Interview with Michael Eisenberg

Stephenie Meyer: 'I’d like to be remembered for writing The Host - but it’ll be Twilight’ | Books | The Guardian

UK's National Literary Trust Research Finds Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids

Nosy Crow’s Free Digital Book for Kids About Coronavirus Takes Off

How Kids' Lit Is Responding to the Coronavirus

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