Reading for pleasure among UK children has hit a two-decade low. To address this, 2026 is declared a national year of reading. Experts highlight shared reading as a key strategy. Reading together from ...

When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

The study reveals that the use of the mother tongue as the language of instruction in primary grades contributes largely to reading comprehension in secondary languages, such as Filipino and English, ...

When a child shares a book with a parent or carer, this encourages joint attention, helping adults to connect with their ...

A scheme which has provided free books for newborns for a quarter of a century will be saved following concerns over its future. BookTrust Cymru, which runs programmes aimed at helping parents to read ...

Almost all children can learn to read with effective data-driven support, according to Gardner Institute analysis ...

A new analysis suggests that replacing time spent on digital devices with shared reading offers measurable developmental ...

President Donald Trump has brought mixed economic results to Michiganders in the first year of his second term.

Education committee leaders in the Oklahoma Legislature have put literacy laws at the forefront of their yearly policy goals, ...

The research also found that just one in three eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading for pleasure, the lowest level recorded ...