The line graph illustrates the sales of three various books – adult fiction, children’s, and educational books – from 2002 to 2006. Units are measured in million dollars. Overall, the sale of children’s books experienced consistence growth over the period, while the sales of adult fiction books dropped notably. Additionally, educational books increased steadily at the end of the period.
In terms of Children’s book sales, it started at about 32 million dollars in 2002, after which it grew dramatically to roughly 42 million dollars after a year. Then this number increased gradually to about 46 million dollars by 2005, before skyrocketing to approximately 56 million dollars, reaching its peak in 2006.
Conversely, the sales of adult fiction books recorded at around 45 million dollars in 2002, but this number witnessed a gradual decrease to 38 million dollars in 2003. By 2004, this figure saw an increase, climbing 40 million dollars, before declining gradually to 30 million dollars by the end of the period.
Looking at the remaining figure, education book sales stood at about 25 million dollars in the first given year, after a year these numbers grew noticeably to 32 million dollars. By contrast, this number declined steadily to roughly 25 million dollars in 2005, before edging up to 33 million dollars by 2006.