World Book Day 2013: Almost Three Quarters Of Parents Read To Their Children

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World Book Day 2013: Almost Three Quarters Of Parents Read To Their Children

Posted at 8:16AM Thursday 07 Mar 2013

Parents still find time to read to their children, despite leading increasingly busy lives and the distractions of television and the internet, according to a new survey.

To mark World Book Day today, high street supermarket Sainsbury's surveyed 2,000 parents and found that 71 per cent – 10 million families – make time to read regularly to their children.

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