![]() ![]() Auden declared that if a children’s book isn’t good for adults as well, it just isn’t a good book. ![]() Because what is a children’s book but a map of the world, a life-altering experience distilled into a perfect package: a galloping story that leaves your hair swept back and your heart beating faster, or a gentle cajoling breeze that takes your hand and shows you magic hiding just out of sight? And don’t we all need a bit of magic right now? But go on, secretly, you really want to, don’t you. ![]() Writer and reader Rachael King surveys the childhood reads that satisfy her as much now as they did then.ĭo you read children’s books, even if you don’t have children of your own? “Of course not”, I hear you say, “I’m a grown-up. ![]()
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