One of my favorite gifts, both to give and to receive, is a book. Unfortunately, that may be going out of style. In the 1970s teens read three times as many books as teens do today. 60% of high school seniors in 1980 reported that they read a newspaper, magazine, or book on a daily basis for pleasure. By 2016 that number had dropped to 16%.
Info for this post is from Jeremy Adams, “My students don’t take the time to read books anymore,” Allentown Morning Call, (Aug. 30, 2019), p. 14.
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