Children want to try new activities like reading

New research suggests that many children want to try new activities like reading.
A list of the authors who had their books borrowed by the most people over the past year features seven children's writers.

The four writers who work under the pen name Daisy Meadows came in second place in the top ten authors featured in the 2009-2010 library lending list.

Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, pointed out that the results showed that libraries are important to children and allow them to develop their love of reading.
Ms Donaldson's book was named the seventh most borrowed children's tome in the list.

In addition, Dame Jacqueline Wilson was the fourth most borrowed children's author, Francesca Simon, the author of Horrid Henry, the fifth.

Terry Deary, the author of the Horrible Histories series, came out at number ten in the list, compared to number 27 the year before.

In addition, Jeremy Strong, a children's author, has recently launched his Campaign for Fun, which encourages children to try new activities like reading for pleasure.

Posted by Clara Gasper

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