Nursery World - The Harry Potter books

The Harry Potter books by JK Rowling have been voted the favourite read of children and parents in the DfES's 'Get On' campaign to raise literacy skills, released to mark last week's World Book Day. Adults ranked CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia in second place and Enid Blyton stories in joint third with Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Children aged 11 to 16 voted JRRTolkien's The Lord of the Rings in second place. Ivan Lewis, Minister for Young People and Adult Skills, said that 1.6 billion has been invested in the DfES's Skills for Life strategy to help adults with literacy. When it launched the Get On campaign two years ago the government set itself the target of raising the literacy skills of 750,000 adults by 2004 and 1.5 million by 2007. So far the campaign has helped more than 100,000 adults improve their reading skills.

Ivan Lewis, Minister for Young People and Adult Skills, said that 1.6 billion has been invested in the DfES's Skills for Life strategy to help adults with literacy. When it launched the Get On campaign two years ago the government set itself the target of raising the literacy skills of 750,000 adults by 2004 and 1.5 million by 2007. So far the campaign has helped more than 100,000 adults improve their reading skills.

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