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Media releases

Reading Champions medias:

• 18Aug2010
  National Literacy Trust research reveals widening gender gap in boys’ and girls’ attitudes towards reading and writing

  The widening gender gap in boys’ and girls’ achievement, as shown in the recent Sats results, is supported by new National Literacy Trust research.

• 21Apr2010
  Get your World Cup (tool)kit on in time for the big kick-off

  National Literacy Trust and children’s author Tom Palmer launch free football-inspired literacy resource.

• 09Oct2009
  Reading is still a big hit with kids, reveals WWE®

  Upon the launch of their annual WrestleMania® Reading Challenge campaign this week, World Wrestling Entertainment® (WWE) and The National Literacy Trust (NLT) announced the results of an interesting poll.

• 17Sep2009
  Local school wins reading competition

  Children at Ambleside Primary School in Nottingham will be having an extra special school assembly on Wednesday 23 September when staff and pupils will celebrate winning the National Literacy Trust’s Reading Champions School of the Year competition.

• 21Apr2009
  Bestselling author James Patterson debates how to get boys into reading

  Yesterday at the London Book Fair, international bestseller James Patterson and director of the National Literacy Trust (NLT), Jonathan Douglas, discussed how to get reluctant boys reading and tackle the gulf between boys’ and girls’ literacy levels.