In the World Book Day 2014 resource pack for secondary schools, there is an article about the importance of reading and parents sharing their enjoyment of reading with their children. The article references the Institute of Education's 2013 study into the 'role of reading' which you can read for yourself - go to the Centre for Longtitudinal Studies and scroll down to the Sullivan and Brown's, 2013/10, "Social Inequalities in cognitive scores at 16: The Role of Reading".
Browse through the World Book Day article here:
Ms. O'Kelly