{"id":16484,"date":"2021-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utschool-stagging.webcanhcam.vn\/why-should-we-read-books\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:42:59","slug":"why-should-we-read-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/news\/why-should-we-read-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Why should we read books?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter primary_thumbnail lazy entered loaded exited\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.utschool.edu.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"Why should we read books?\" width=\"2251\" height=\"2251\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" data-was-processed=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, 4th of March, activities of \u201cWorld Book Day 2021\u201d is happening in UK, Ireland and Wales. At this special occasion, kids in these countries are given discount coupon to buy books, which encourages them to read and share the reading hobby to each other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Vietnam, reading habit is not very popular in society. According to the statistical data from 2017 to 2019 of Vietnam Department of Publication, on average, each Vietnamese only reads 1 book per year. This figure is not worth good values that books bring to us:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>According to researchers of University of Sussex, with just 6 minutes reading per day, we can reduce 68% of stress. While reading books, we only focus on useful knowledge. The stressful issues will be temporarily forgotten so that we can replenish positive energy.<\/li>\n<li>Researches have shown that reading help brain improve memory. While reading, we need to see through and remember chain of data, plot or important information. It creates remembering habit for readers. The more we read, the better our memory improves.<\/li>\n<li>Reading book is a healthy entertainment activity which brings to us many benefits. However, Parents and students shall notice these advices when reading books:<br \/>\n\u2013 Choose good books which are suitable for students\u2019 ages and thinking skills.<br \/>\n\u2013 Safe distances for reading books are 30 \u2013 45 cm (adults) and 20 \u2013 25 cm (kids).<br \/>\n\u2013 Read books at comfortable and good lighting places.<\/li>\n<li>Hereunder are meaningful and appropriate books for ages and thinking skills of kids:<br \/>\n1. Sans famille (Without Family) \u2013 Hector Malot<br \/>\n2. Coure \u2013 Edomondo De Amicis<br \/>\n3. A Wrinkle in Time \u2013 Madeleine L\u2019Engle<br \/>\n4. Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window \u2013 Tetsuko Kuroyanagi<br \/>\n5. Alice in Wonderland \u2013 Lewis Carrol<br \/>\n6. Charlie v\u00e0 the Chocolate Factory \u2013 Roald Dahl<br \/>\n7. Little House on the Prairie \u2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder<br \/>\n8. The Adventures of Pinocchio \u2013 Carlo Collodi<br \/>\n9. Watership Down \u2013 Rechard Adams<br \/>\n10. Charlotte and Wilbur \u2013 E.B. White<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to nurture love with books in each student, the \u201cLearn to Read\u201d program is integrated in the educational program of all grades at UTS. Let\u2019s train yourself with reading hobby as a healthy entertainment activity after lessons, UTS-ers!<\/p>\n<div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 4th of March, activities of \u201cWorld Book Day 2021\u201d is happening in UK, Ireland and Wales. At this special occasion, kids in these countries are given discount coupon to buy books, which encourages them to read and share the reading hobby to each other. In Vietnam, reading habit is not very popular in society. According to the statistical data from 2017 to 2019 of Vietnam Department of Publication, on average, each Vietnamese only reads 1 book per year. This figure is not worth good values that books bring to us: According to researchers of University of Sussex, with just 6 minutes reading per day, we can reduce 68% of stress. While reading books, we only focus on useful knowledge. The stressful issues will be temporarily forgotten so that we can replenish positive energy. Researches have shown that reading help brain improve memory. While reading, we need to see through and remember chain of data, plot or important information. It creates remembering habit for readers. The more we read, the better our memory improves. Reading book is a healthy entertainment activity which brings to us many benefits. However, Parents and students shall notice these advices when reading books: \u2013 Choose good books which are suitable for students\u2019 ages and thinking skills. \u2013 Safe distances for reading books are 30 \u2013 45 cm (adults) and 20 \u2013 25 cm (kids). \u2013 Read books at comfortable and good lighting places. Hereunder are meaningful and appropriate books for ages and thinking skills of kids: 1. Sans famille (Without Family) \u2013 Hector Malot 2. Coure \u2013 Edomondo De Amicis 3. A Wrinkle in Time \u2013 Madeleine L\u2019Engle 4. Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window \u2013 Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 5. Alice in Wonderland \u2013 Lewis Carrol 6. Charlie v\u00e0 the Chocolate Factory \u2013 Roald Dahl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16486,"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16484\/revisions\/16486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utschool.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}