A child in literary poverty is defined as a child who is read to or with for pleasure, for less than 15 minutes a week outside of school. BookTrust’s latest study shows that 345,000* (14%) school children aged seven to nine are currently falling into this category, with a further 17% on the border, being read to or with for less than half an hour a week. Worryingly, six per cent of children aged 7-9 fall into the worse category of literary poverty, with their parents or guardians never reading to…
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