Study: Nearly 60 per cent of children like reading for fun

NEW YORK - Nearly 6 out of 10 young people ages 6-17 say they read for fun, according to a new study from Scholastic and YouGuv, a percentage that has dipped slightly since a 2010 report.Fifty-eight per cent of those surveyed said they either loved reading for fun or "liked it a lot." In 2010,