What do YOU enjoy reading in your free time?

Whether you want to learn some fascinating facts about your favourite animal or get transported into a magical world - people read for all sorts of reasons.

But research by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) charity suggests that the number of children reading has gone down to around one in three.

So if you love reading, what would you say to someone that doesn't spend as much time with their head in a book? What's the best bit?

We want to know about what you love reading, let us know about your favourite characters, stories and series in the comments below.

As well as being a great form of entertainment, studies have found that reading can be good for our health too.

Research has found that reading for 30 minutes a week can improve our health and wellbeing, as well as improving our confidence and self-esteem.

It can also help with our sleep - and we all know how important that is!

But, the recent report from the NLT charity found that around a third of children and young people aged between eight and 18, said they enjoyed reading in their free time in 2024 - that's the lowest level since the charity started doing the survey in 2005.

The charity spoke to more than 76,000 children and young people from 405 schools across the UK as part of the survey between January and March this year.

It also found that one in five of those surveyed read something every day in their free time.