With everything children and teens have had to deal with since COVID emerged, anxiety and depression among youth are growing concerns. They need a sense of freedom of imagination-and books are great for that.” “Students today are under a lot of stress. “Summer is the perfect opportunity to be unrestricted, to read for the sheer enjoyment of a story,” says Victoria Stapleton, executive director of school and library marketing for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Most important, it’s a time when kids can read just for fun. It reinforces the idea that learning doesn’t end when school is out of session.
It supports children’s social-emotional development. Summer reading is critical for so many reasons: It helps prevent learning loss while students are off for the summer.
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