Toowoomba, Nov 5 (The Conversation) The prestigious Booker Prize has announced a brand new category for children’s books worth 50,000 pounds.

Open to books written in English and published in England or Ireland, the Children’s Booker will recruit three child judges to join three adult judges in deciding which story deserves the accolade.

The announcement comes in the middle of a “literacy crisis”. A recent survey by the National Literacy Trust found British children were reading less and with less enjoyment.

A similar trend is evident in Australia. The most recent report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals literacy rates are holding reasonably steady.

But a survey by Australia Reads found the proportion of children between 6-17 years who read for pleasure has declined – do

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