Finding Their Story: Access Matters

KIDS NEED HELP FINDING BOOKS

Four in 10 kids agree (42%) that they have trouble finding books that they like. This is far higher at 59% among infrequent readers and is true of roughly half of kids by age nine. Similarly, nearly one in three parents (28%) agree that their child has trouble finding books. This percentage increases among parents of infrequent readers and among parents of children older than age eight. Despite a similarity in trend lines, there is a disconnect between parents and kids on this challenge: one-third fewer parents than children think their child has trouble finding books (see Figure 1).

“I was always an avid reader and I read a lot of chapter books to my son when he was younger. I still hope that he will gain more interest in reading for fun. My younger girls are read to often and my seven-year-old is beginning to read on her own now. It’s very exciting to watch them all grow and have different levels of fun with books.” 
—Mother of a 17-year-old boy 
 

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