The objectives of the Children’s Books Centre are the following:
Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir author and Associate Professor at the University of Akureyri has led the activities of the Centre.
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The Children’s Books Centre - Research Centre on Children’s Literature and Children’s Reading at the University of Akureyri was founded on 4 February 2012. The founding members, in addition to the University of Akureyri, are the following:
Countless studies have shown declining interest in book reading among Icelandic children and adolescents over the last decades. These studies include the following:
Children’s interest in reading has decreased both abroad and domestically but Icelandic children are below average and perform worse in terms of reading comprehension than children in the countries we usually compare ourselves with. The Centre’s founders therefore consider it important to conduct research in this field.