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Six reasons why it's important to read bedtime stories to your children

Finding the time to read a bedtime story to a child has huge benefits – both for the child and the person doing the reading.

"Reading a regular bedtime story to children is a simple activity that encourages children to enjoy reading and gets them into good reading habits that will set them up for the future," says Judith Parke from the National Literacy Trust (NLT). "When parents...