World Book Day – judgement and expectations are putting children off reading
New research on Wolrd Book Day shows that 1 in 5 kids feel judged for what they read, while a quarter are made to read things they don’t want to The sad truth is that fewer children than ever are choosing to read. So, because reading for pleasure improves life chances and World Book Day […]
Almost half a million bookworms read for 140 Million Minutes!
On Thursday 7 March 2019 (World Book Day) 489,619 children and young people from around the world took part in the never-before-attempted challenge to read for 200 Million Minutes in just 26 days as part of Achievement for All’s 200 Million Minutes Reading Challenge. In total over 140 million minutes were read in special reading […]
Have children lost their love of reading?
The number of five-16 year-olds who read books for pleasure has declined, according to recent research[1] from Childwise, so Achievement for All is calling for schools, settings, families, libraries, community groups, businesses and organisations from across the world to come together to reignite a love of reading during their 200 Million Minutes Reading Challenge. The research […]