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More than half of UK children do not read in their spare time, survey reveals
(www.theguardian.com)
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Schools should help by exposing kids to books the kids are likely to want to read. Which are not always works of literature.
The obsession with Shakespeare puts a lot of students off literature
Shakespeare is the ONLY author that has to be taught in schools by government directive. Everything else is at the discretion of exm boards and teachers.