Why You Should Read Children'S Books, Even Though You Are So Old And Wise Av Katherine Rundell

<b>_______________</b><b>A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children''s literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell.</b><b>_______________</b><b>''It¿s a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight''</b> - Financial Times<b>''Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called ¿serious¿ novels are forgotten'' </b>- <i>Observer</i><b>''Rundell''s pen is gold-tipped''</b><i> - Sunday Times</i><b>_______________</b>Katherine Rundell ¿ Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children ¿ explores how children¿s books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children''s fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.