What are kids reading?
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 7 May, 2008"What Kids are Reading: the Book-Reading Habits of Students in American Schools" identifies the top titles that kids in the States are reading. The study of 78,5 million books read by more than 3 million children from Grade 1 to 12, shows what is read most often, overall and by gender. In the lower grades, books are read to the students are included.
Yes, Harry Potter titles make the list, but so does To kill a mockingbird, Charlotte's Web and of course, a number of the Dr Seuss titles. As some of the interviewees comment, in the Washington Post article, what's missing from the list are historical novels and biographical works as well as nonfiction, informational, humourous, novelty and graphic novels.