Media coverage
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Media coverage
Title What Kids are Reading In Pandemic Times 2021 Degree of recognition National Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 6/05/21 Description • The Times, 29/04/2021 - Children turn over new leaf as book lovers bounce back (print - attached)
• The Telegraph, 29/04/2021 - Lockdown sparked a revival in reading among children (print - attached)
• The Telegraph, 29/04/2021 – Children rediscover the joy of reading (print – Four following up with kantar for clipping)
• BBC Newsbeat, 29/04/2021 - Lockdown literacy: Have your reading habits changed?
• The Guardian 29.4.21:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/29/children-read-longer-more-challenging-books-in-lockdown
• Daily Mail, 29/04/0221 - Primary school pupils read tougher books during lockdown due to boredom
• Daily Mail, 29/04/2021 – Pupils were so bored they read tougher books! (print – Four following up with kantar for clipping)
• Tes, 29/04/2021 - Up reading time to match lockdown levels, schools told
• Evening Standard, 29/04/2021 - Primary school pupils read ‘longer books of greater difficulty’ during lockdown
• Daily Express, 29/04/2021 – Never a Dahl moment – Pupils read harder books
• Yorkshire Post, 29/04/2021 – Young people’s reading ‘has improved’ (print – Four following up with kantar for clipping)
• Scottish Daily Mail, 29/04/2021 – Harry Potter casts spell as bored pupils read more difficult books (print – Four following up with kantar for clipping)
• Herald, Herald Scotland, 29/04/2021 - Call for more personal reading time at school to tackle stalling progress
• The Scotsman, 29/04/2021 – Lockdown led to children reading better (print - attached)
Radio Scotland
BBC TV Scotland
STV (at 6pm 29.4.21)
the i (attached)
Radio Tay
Dundee Courier Courier What Kids Are Reading: Dundee author and teacher makes top 10 list of books read by children in lockdown (thecourier.co.uk).
The story has also had good pick up from the Press Association news wire:
• Yahoo UK, 29/04/2021 - Primary school pupils read ‘longer books of greater difficulty’ during lockdown
• https://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/national/19266235.primary-school-pupils-read-longer-books-greater-difficulty-lockdown/
• https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/primary-school-pupils-read-longer-books-of-greater-difficulty-during-lockdown-40368549.html
• https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2021/04/29/primary-school-pupils-read-longer-books-of-greater-difficulty-during-lockdown/
• https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/news/uk/3095572/primary-school-pupils-read-longer-books-of-greater-difficulty-during-lockdown/
• https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2021/04/29/primary-school-pupils-read-longer-books-of-greater-difficulty-during-lockdown/
• https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/2175847/primary-school-pupils-read-longer-books-of-greater-difficulty-during-lockdown/
• :https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2021/04/29/primary-school-pupils-read-longer-books-of-greater-difficulty-during-lockdown/Persons Keith Topping