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Director, Scholastic Australia & New Zealand.......................................2  \nKey Findings................................................................................................................................................................................4  \nSection I: The State of Kids & Reading ..................................................................................................................................8  \nSpotlight: What Makes Frequent Readers ..........................................................................................................................20  \nSection II: Reading Aloud at Home......................................................................................................................................26  \nSpotlight: Reading With Kids from Birth ............................................................................................................................32  \nSection III: Reading in School.............................................................................................................................................. 40  \nSpotlight: Kids’ Use of Their Reading Level ....................................................................................................................... 51  \nSection IV: What Kids Want in Books .................................................................................................................................56  \nSpotlight: Print Books in a Digital World............................................................................................................................ 71  \nAppendix A: Methodology .................................................................................................................................................... 80  \nAppendix B: Demographics of the Sample ........................................................................................................................82  \nAppendix C: Subgroup Sample Sizes...................................................................................................................................83  \n1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS  \nA Letter from Scholastic  \nWith the new school year now underway, the nation’s schools return to serving the millions of young minds settling into their classrooms, including 300,000 pre-schoolers. As educators, parents, and as a community, we want each child to succeed, and literacy is an important key to academic achievement. Yet, we recognise the struggle to keep kids engaged with reading ina world of increasing distraction, and one in which many enter school already behind. So, what can you do to help?  \nTo answer that question, we are thrilled to share with you the inaugural edition of Scholastic Australia’s Kids & Family Reading ReportTM—a study of Australian children’s and parents’ attitudes and behaviours toward reading for pleasure. The study examines the significance of reading independently for fun at school, what impacts frequent reading, the importance of reading aloud to children of all ages, and the books children want most to read.  \nIt is not a mystery that the more children read, the better readers they become, and the better readers they become, the more they enjoy reading. It’s a tried-and-true premise. To that end, we asked: what makes children frequent readers? Independent reading at school, parental involvement at home, and the power of book choice are vital in this regard.  \nChildren who are given time for independent reading at school—many of whom wish it would happen more often—are more likely to be reading currently and frequently, more likely to say reading books for fun is important, and more likely to enjoy reading, compared with those who are not. We found similar patterns among children whose principals encourage reading for fun. 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