In a study published in Psychological Medicine in June 2023, researchers from the UK and China have found that children who read for pleasure from a young age had greater performance in cognitive tests and have better mental health as they get older.

If we said to you "This swatchscollop tastes absolutely filthsome", would you know what we were talking about?

Not unless you were fluent in Gobblefunk, a language made up by Roald Dahl in The BFG. But the joy of Dahls’ words is that we can piece together the meaning from the sound and feel they give the reader, which is just one of the many reasons that children have found so much fun in his writing.

13-year-old Sasha is the first student to complete the entire English programme at the Ealing, Dickens Yard Study Centre.

To celebrate the love of books and everything reading-related, we have some ideas about how you and your family can celebrate World Book Day.

One of our favourite hobbies here at Kumon is reading. We love all sorts of books and have found some rather wonderful reasons why reading is very good for you!