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Media releases

Children medias:

• 22Aug2011
  The Reads and the Read-Nots

  New National Literacy Trust research of 18,141 children reveals a polarised nation of young readers with one in six reporting that they don’t read a single book in a month, while one in 10 say they read more than 10 books in a month.

• 20Jul2011
  Haven to give away nearly 50,000 books

  Haven Holidays has teamed up with the National Literacy Trust's Words for Life campaign to give away nearly 50,000 books to children on their 35 family holiday parks.

• 19Jul2011
  New reading project supports young carers

  The National Literacy Trust has run a pilot project to improve the opportunities of young carers by encouraging them to read for pleasure.

• 06Jul2011
  Get children reading and raise funds for the National Literacy Trust with the new Where’s Wally?® fundraising pack for schools

  Independent charity the National Literacy Trust and Where’s Wally?® have teamed up to launch a brand new fundraising pack for schools. The pack aims to encourage children to have fun, read more and help the National Literacy Trust.

• 21Jun2011
  National Literacy Trust calls on school students to share their passion with WWE® Superstars and Divas

  Independent charity the National Literacy Trust has launched a brand new and exciting competition called Voice It! in partnership with WWE® Entertainment.

• 16May2011
  Failure to tackle poor literacy is threatening action on child poverty

  A new National Literacy Trust report published today highlights the level of literacy need across the country and the gap in local response.

• 04May2011
  ‘Kevin the teenager’ male stereotype 'so unfair’

  New research shows boys are more confident communicators than girls.

• 20Apr2011
  Schools Guide to Literacy reveals enthusiastic young readers are five times more likely to achieve above average results

  New research with 17,000 pupils published in the National Literacy Trust’s 2011/12 Schools Guide to Literacy, shows that children who enjoy reading very much are five times more likely to be above average than below average in reading tests.

• 03Mar2011
  National Literacy Trust teams up with Angelina Ballerina author and Build-A-Bear Workshop® to launch story competition

  The National Literacy Trust is working with interactive entertainment retailer Build-A-Bear Workshop® to launch a nationwide storywriting competition on World Book Day today

• 14Jan2011
  Little Chef and Reading for Life launch a Roald Dahl Reading Adventure

  Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef is teaming up with social marketing campaign Reading for Life and Puffin Books to engage children in a reading ‘adventure’ with games and activities based on Roald Dahl’s classic books.