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• Christina Clark and Lizzie Poulton  Is Four the Magic Number? Number of books read in a month and young people's wider reading behaviour
  Using data from our first annual literacy survey of over 18,000 young people, this short paper explores the relationship between the number of books young people read in a month and other variables. 15 Dec 2011
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• Christina Clark, Jane Woodley and Fiona Lewis  The Gift of Reading in 2011: Children and young people's access to books and attitudes towards reading
  In this new report we explore children’s reading in 2011 with findings from our first annual survey of literacy in the UK. The report examines children’s ownership of books, access to reading materials, frequency of reading and attitudes to reading. 5 Dec 2011
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• Christina Clark  Setting the baseline: Reading in 2010
  This report outlines the findings from our first annual omnibus survey of over 18,000 children and young people as they relate to reading. 22 Aug 2011
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• Christina Clark and Sarah De Zoysa  Mapping the interrelationships of reading enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment
  It is frequently said that there is a positive relationship between enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment, with pupils who enjoy reading or writing having more positive attitudes towards it, doing it more and thereby getting better at it. This pa 18 Jul 2011
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• Christina Clark and Lizzie Poulton  Book ownership and its relation to enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment
  18,141 young people aged 8 to 17 participated in our first annual online survey in November/December 2010. It included a question about book ownership, which is the focus of this brief report. 31 May 2011
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• Christina Clark  Boys, Girls and Communication
  In summer 2010 we conducted the first large-scale survey of young people's view on communication skills in the UK. This brief report explores what boys and girls think about communication skills, how confident they are in their skills and how important th 4 May 2011
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• Christina Clark and Jonathan Douglas  Young People's Reading and Writing: An in-depth study focusing on enjoyment, behaviour, attitudes and attainment
  At the end of 2009, over 17,000 pupils took part in our study of children and young people's reading and writing attitudes, behaviours and attainment. You can now read the report on the full range of findings. 7 Apr 2011
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• Christina Clark and Lucy Hawkins  Public Libraries and Literacy
  This paper presents additional information from our 2009 survey. It explores why young people use or do not use their local library and how this relates to their reading behaviour and attitudes more widely. 4 Feb 2011
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• Christina Clark  Linking School Libraries and Literacy
  This paper explores what young people think about school libraries – do they use them? If yes, why? If not, why not? How is school library usage related to reading enjoyment, behaviour, attitudes and attainment? 15 Sep 2010
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• Christina Clark and Lucy Hawkins  Young People’s Reading: The importance of the home environment and family support
  This paper presents findings from our 2009 survey of young people’s reading and writing, with a focus on the resources available at home and how this relates to enjoyment, attitudes and behaviour. 2 Jun 2010
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