A book for anyone who caught the reading bug as a child. I've so grateful to the wonderful Puffin Book Club and Hillingdon Borough Libraries for giving me that love of books. There's some arrested development on my part though, as children's fiction still appeals, particularly as there is so much I missed out on - the Famous Five, The Wind in The Willows, Alan Garner, Nicholas Fisk. . . I've given up hope now that any of our kids will be bibliophiles, but they need to be their own people. Kevin's son Jack seems to be a keen reader, and I've lent him lots of Tintin and Asterix. He's just turned 10 so I bought him The Dark is Rising, which was my favourite book when I was his age. I still love it of course, and will be reading it on Midwinter's Day.
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