A slew of activities were held in Beijing to celebrate World Book Day in April. Some focused on helping children form a reading habit.

As a 2016 report by industry monitor Openbook suggests, children's books account for 23.5 percent of sales, the largest segment of China's $10 billion publishing market.

To help parents select the suitable reading materials, a book list for children compiled by experts was recently released at the Chinese Museum of Women and Children.