This week sees the eighth World Book Day, which aims to encourage children to explore the pleasures of reading. The day is a partnership of publishers, booksellers and schools and aims to help children celebrate the joy of reading. Every year the event, which has been designated by Unesco as a worldwide celebration of books, becomes more successful and last year it was marked in more than 30 countries.
This kind of initiative is vital, especially at a time when an "unacceptable" number of five- to 11-year-olds are not learning to read or write at school and far fewer children than ever are reading for pleasure, according to Ofsted's chief inspector of schools David Bell.
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