Charithra reads ‘You're Strong with Me’ by Chitra Soundar about a mother giraffe and her young calf who explore the African ...

And new research suggests there is good reason for this - with the average parent reading the same bedtime story to their children 416 times a year. That's a lot of lunches with the Gruffalo.

said reading to their child at night is one of their favourite parts of their day and three quarters confessed they are the ones to choose the bedtime story topic. The study discovered that ...

The actress will be in good company, with famous faces including Billie Eilish and Harry Styles having read CBeebies Bedtime ...

CBeebies Bedtime Story is on weekdays at 6.50pm on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer. A special Mother’s Day episode of Nikhil & Jay airs at 10.15am on Sunday 30 March, CBeebies and BBC iPlayer.

It also emerged two thirds of parents read to children because they know it’s important for their learning and development, while 63 per cent simply enjoy reading at bedtime. In fact ...

The average parent will read the same bedtime story to their little one 416 times ... According to the poll, parents dedicate 48 minutes to reading one particular book each week - with each ...

THE average parent will read the same bedtime story to their little one 416 times ... It also emerged they dedicate 48 minutes to reading the most loved book each week - with each individual ...

By the time Ana made it to my kindergarten classroom as a repeater, she felt defeated — anxious, frustrated, and convinced that reading was out of reach. Her previous struggles with literacy had ...

A child’s earliest lessons often occur in the simplest of moments: sitting at the kitchen table sharing stories, asking curious questions while exploring the backyard, or listening to a bedtime story.