The total number of books borrowed by Tainan residents exceeded 10 million last year, half of which were children's books. The number of books borrowed by children aged 0 to 11 also reached 2,557,709.

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[Reporter Liu Wanjun/Tainan Report] The number of books borrowed in Tainan last year reached 10.45 million, with an average of 5.65 books per person, an increase of 38% over the previous year. Among them, the total number of children's books borrowed was 5,234,994, accounting for 50.08%, an increase over the previous year 3.2%; children aged 0 to 11 borrowed 2,557,709 volumes, accounting for 24.47%, an increase of 803,087 volumes from the previous year.

According to the survey on reading habits, the number of books borrowed by women is still higher than that of men, with a ratio of 4 to 6.

The main reading group is 35 to 54 years old, with a total of 4,823,632 books borrowed annually, accounting for 46.14%, followed by schoolchildren aged 0 to 11.

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On the children's book list, "X Treasure Hunting Expedition" is the most popular, with 22,812 borrowing times.

In addition, Miyanishi Tatsuya's picture books have been borrowed 10,714 times, which is the first choice for parents and children to read together.

In the list of borrowing single volumes regardless of category, "The Courage to Be Disliked: Teachings of the Father of Self-Inspiration "Adler"" co-authored by Ichiro Kishimi and Shiken Koga won the championship; in terms of categories, language and literature It is still the favorite of Tainan citizens, with an annual borrowing volume of 5.71 million volumes, accounting for 49.5% of the total.

The Harry Potter series has been published for many years, and the number of borrowings is still as high as 3698 times.

In the e-book section, the number of books borrowed last year reached 320,960, and the first title was "Atomic Habits: The Empirical Law of Small Changes That Bring Big Achievements".

The Tainan City Library stated that in order to cultivate children's reading habits from an early age, the library not only cooperates with the Ministry of Education to distribute reading gift bags, but also trains story volunteers to tell stories. Parents hold parenting seminars and share the skills of parent-child reading together, hoping to let children get close to reading through diverse and interesting ways.

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