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Craig's Reading Roadtrip takes us to Sherwood Elementary

Literacy is the key. THV11's Craig O'Neill makes multiple stops a week to schools in central Arkansas to encourage children to take the pledge to become lifetime readers.

SHERWOOD, Ark. (KTHV) - Craig O’Neill’s Reading Roadtrip has now visited 45 schools. Tuesday’s trip proved to a validation of a recent Scholastic Books survey. Thousands of kids, K-55, were asked why they read books, and close to 60 percent said they read for FUN!

All this time, Craig has been preaching to kids all over central Arkansas, about the joy of reading. Come to find out, the kids know all about the joy.

But, something happens in adulthood when the frequency of reading falls off. This needs work because, in that same survey by Scholastic, the biggest influence on a child’s love of reading is the parent. 82 percent of children surveyed said that was why they read because their parents read. Teachers are a distant second.

Uh, as for TV people, we didn’t make the list, but that’s not going to keep Craig from visiting Stephens Elementary on Thursday, the next big stop.

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