If we continue to sit there passively watching whilst reading and literature dies a slow death, we will be all the worse for it. To read that books are extinct from up to 4 million British homes is quite distressing.
Almost 4 million UK children do not own a book, research suggests.
The latest report by the National Literacy Trust discloses that one in three does not have a book of their own.
The number has increased from seven years ago, the last time the poll was conducted, when it stood at one in 10 youngsters, meaning the number of children without books has tripled.
The latest survey, which was based on a survey of 18,000 children aged between eight and 16, shows that boys are more likely to be without books than girls.
Why parents buy the latest phone for their young children before something they really do need like a library of books is something I’ll never understand.
