Have We Taken the Fun Out of Kid's Reading?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 7, 2023

Katherine Marsh, journalist and author of books for middle-grade readers, including her latest, The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine (Roaring Brook Press, 2023), argues that an unintended consequence of teaching kids critical reading skills is that they read less for fun.

→"Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading" (The Atlantic, 3/22/23)

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