In one study, only 7 out of 10 9-year-olds said that they enjoy reading as a pastime, compared with 78% five years ago, while for 11-year-olds, the proportion has declined from 77% to 65%. Many kids associate books with the drudgeries of school and homework, but you want to show them how a well written children's book can be an exciting adventure, a real pleasure, as their imagination takes them to places they've never been to visit with people and characters they've never met. Reading to children is shown to have a positive effect on children's literacy outcomes, the government report concludes. The goal is to get your little ones to actually sit down and crack open a book a few times per week. In Year 6, only 55% of boys said they enjoyed stories compared with 70% in 1998. According to a recent US government study, there's a direct relationship with reading aloud to your kids, you're showing them how to enjoy children's books, the English language, the wonders of a good story, and hopefully, you're instilling a love of reading and learning.. One technique is to make reading a children's