Articles Tagged: national literacy trust

Freddie Flintoff launches campaign to get dads reading with their kids

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Sep 9, 2011

Freddie Flintoff is to launch a campaign to encourage dads to read more with their kids, after shocking figures from The National Literacy Trust showed that one in six people in Britain cannot read or write to the level of an 11-year-old.

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Children using local libraries twice as likely to be advanced readers

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Feb 7, 2011

The National Literacy Trust has confirmed the link between children and young people using public libraries and good reading ...

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Kids are more likely to own a mobile phone than a book

By Jenny Cornish, May 29, 2010

A new study has shown that children aged between seven and 16 are more likely to own a mobile phone than a book. Nearly ...

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