"Less than half of fathers regularly read bedtime stories to their children, research has suggested.
This is the first paragraph of an article on the BBC website entitled "Dads 'don't read bedtime stories'". I made sure that my daughter had a story every night when she was young. Now, she never stops reading and is busy writing her own.
At school I try and read to the class every day. It's essential, so at the moment we're reading Charlie Bone, by Jenny Nimmo, and also Smasher by Dick King Smith.
