Do You Read Bedtime Stories to Your Kids, Berkley and Huntington Woods?

A new study finds only one in three parents reads bedtime stories with their children every night.

The statistic was among the data released earlier this month from a survey commissioned by Reading Is Fundamental and Macy's to launch the annual Be Book Smart campaign from June 21 to July 21 to support children's literacy.

The response to a query on the Huntington Woods-Berkley Patch Facebook page about whether parents read to their kids on a nightly basis was a resounding yes.

• CJ Ramseyer: My kids get stories every single night at bedtime. They love them, now they start reading to me and grandma and grandpa.
• Julie McKeeman: Our two year old gets stories every night. The last one is always Goodnight Moon. That's what she gets for having a librarian and a bookstore manager as her parents.
• April Mrosewske: My kids get a story every night. Reading is so important. If you read to your kids at least once a day there is a good chance they will be readers ...
• Jeanne Church: Yes – and I was usually the one who fell asleep!
• Kristin Mack Church: We read every single night to our 2 year old. So important!
• Nora Smith: My kids are grown but yes we did and I have wonderful memories.

The nationwide survey of more than 1,000 parents with children age 8 or younger conducted in April by Harris Interactive for RIF and Macy's also found the following.

• Eighty-seven percent of parents read bedtime stories to their children, although not necessarily on a nightly basis.
• Fifty percent of parents say their children spend more time with television or video games than with books.
• Twice as many children prefer a printed book (20 percent) over an e-book (9 percent), say parents who read both types of books to their children.
• Children who don't read well by the end of the third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school than proficient readers, according to a report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Click here for more information about the Be Book Smart campaign.