Here’s a refrain from an earlier article, with a different spokesperson for The National Endowment for the Arts. Exploring the Harry Potter phenomenon, the NEA finds “that Rowling’s wizardry hasn’t changed youth reading habits much.”
“Even in the era of Harry Potter, the research shows that the numbers of youth reading for pleasure still decrease considerably as they grow older,” reports Inside Bay Area.
“Regardless of the Harry Potter phenomenon, these declines do exist,” said Sunil Iyengar, director of research and analysis for the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
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