As many as six out of ten American adults have never read a book of any kind, and the bulletins from the nation’s educational frontiers read like the casualty reports from a lost war.

Lewis H. Lapham
As many as six out of ten American adults have...
As many as six out of ten American adults have...
As many as six out of ten American adults have...
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In the United States, out of every ten adults, six have never read a book. In other words, in the U.S. you are less likely to be a bookworm than in any other country in the world. This is a sad state of affairs when you consider that reading is one of the most important parts of a child’s education.

If your child doesn’t learn to read early on, he could find himself at risk for failing in school and not making the best possible contribution to society. It would be unfortunate if children did not know how to read because you did not encourage them to read before they started school.

Source: Gag Rule: On The Suppression Of Dissent And The Stifling Of Democracy

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