Reminiscence spike in reading recall between the ages of 8–11: The influence of early memories on attitudes and actions

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographics of participants

Age group	Male	Female	Total
Young (less than 10 years’ teaching experience)	1	9	10
Mid (between 10 and 30 years’ teaching experience)	8	9	17
Older (more than 30 years’ teaching experience)	2	2	4
Total	11	20	31

Graph 1. Showing the popularity of the 8–11 age range in participant responses.

Table 2. Young fictional books by publisher’s categories

Text type	No. of participants remembering book categories	No. of different books	No. of mentions
Under 7 years & picture books	12	17	22
8–11 years	27	32	58
12–15	14	15	28
Total child reading		64	108
Total recalling participants	28/31
Adult books and authors recalled as childhood reading	24/31	64	99
Total numbers in childhood reading		128	207

Graph 2. Showing the number of responses to the age categories according to questions about when participants recalled reading the books.

Graph 3. Recall of books by publisher’s recommended reading age.

Graph 4. Publishers suggested youngest age for reading listed books.