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3 more years The average amount of schooling children growing up in homes with books receive than children from bookless homes 3
1.8 million The number of additional words students will read annually when they spend 21 minutes a day reading outside of the classroom 2
2x The likelihood that students will be on track in literacy when they have just one book in the home 1
1. Manu, A., Ewerling, F., Barros, A. J. D., & Victora, C. G. (2019). Association between availability of children’s book and the literacy-numeracy skills of children aged 36 to 59 months: Secondary analysis of the UNICEF multiple-indicator cluster surveys covering 35 countries. Journal of Global Health, 9(1). 2. Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2018). Raise reading volume through access, choice, discussion, and book talks. The Reading Teacher, 72(1), 89–97. 3. Evans, M. D. R., Kelley, J., Sikora, J., & Treiman, D. J. (2010). Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 28(2), 171–197.
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