Top Tips to Encourage Teen Reading!
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- Make time for reading - block off some quiet time everyday to read. It might be before bedtime, or in the afternoon, whatever suits your house.
- Model reading - Read at home where your daughter can see you. Talk about your reading, recommend books you have enjoyed when you were your daughter's age.
- Merge books and film - there are a lot of young adult fiction adaptations that are also films, suggest reading the book then watching the film!
- Audio books - these are a great way to promote reading. Choose an audio book for a long drive, and in fact audio books are free from your local library.
- Join the local library - if you are not already a member!
- Give the gift of reading - buy your daughter a book! Choose a topic or type of book she might enjoy. Graphic novels, biographies, science fiction, a magazine - these are all reading!
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