The statistic shows data on the kinds of books children look for when choosing a book to read for fun in the United States in 2016. According to the source, 42 percent of children aged six to 17 look for books that make them laugh.
What kinds of books do you look for when choosing a book to read for fun?
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Publishers Weekly. (January 31, 2017). What kinds of books do you look for when choosing a book to read for fun? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/667124/children-book-choice/
Publishers Weekly. "What kinds of books do you look for when choosing a book to read for fun?." Chart. January 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/667124/children-book-choice/
Publishers Weekly. (2017). What kinds of books do you look for when choosing a book to read for fun?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/667124/children-book-choice/
Publishers Weekly. "What Kinds of Books Do You Look for When Choosing a Book to Read for Fun?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/667124/children-book-choice/
Publishers Weekly, What kinds of books do you look for when choosing a book to read for fun? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/667124/children-book-choice/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
What kinds of books do you look for when choosing a book to read for fun? [Graph], Publishers Weekly, January 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/667124/children-book-choice/