JK Rowling and Philip Pullman have done much to get kids back to reading books but unfortunately glossy magazines and celebrity gossip is still preferred by the young generation.

Reading is a great way for children to develop their brain and future academic success is often related to just how much reading is done by the age of sixteen.

A study by the National Year of Reading asked children between the age of 11 and 14 what their favourite books were. JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series and CS Lewis’s Narnia Chronicles were extremely popular.

Hopefully new authors will continue to spring up and once again get the children in the UK back to reading.