According to reading charity Booktrust, half of British children spend more time in front of a TV or computer screen than they do reading. The good news is that a poll of 3,090 children and parents suggests reading has become more popular - and 96% of children say they enjoy it. But, one in 20 […]

According to Cambridge academic, Professor Maria Nikolajeva, made-up words in books like Winnie the Pooh and Harry Potter 'can help children learn English'. The puns, linguistic inventions and fantastical names given to characters and places in fiction also allow children to understand the symbolic meaning of words. "The creative employment of language in children's books […]