This survey represents the types of books parents mainly read to their children in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017. By far the most popular is to read a mix of both classic and contemporary stories with a total of 68 percent of parents claiming to do so, 79 percent of the parents of children aged 12 to 16. 19 percent of parents of children aged six to 11 state that they mainly like to read classic fairy tales to their child and 18 percent state that they mainly read new stories.
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