DAILY MAIL : 25th July Fears for literacy after it emerges fewer children are going to libraries .... Library visits by young children have plummeted over the past five years Number who had used a library in the previous seven days fell by a quarter The fall in numbers comes despite an increase in the number of libraries http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3173954/Fears-literacy-emerges-fewer-children-going-libraries-number-visiting-quarter-five-years.html