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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Zoë Phillimore

Best books for children, from toddlers to older boys and girls

When we were tasked with writing the best books for children, we won’t lie, it seemed like a huge task. A lovely one – one of our favourite subjects is children’s literature – but huge.

We canvassed opinions, but that almost made it worse. We were inundated with responses – clearly there are a lot of people out there who feel as passionately about kids’ books as we do. And it’s understandable. Get a child into books from a very young age and you can create a life-long love of reading. And that is one of the best gifts you could ever give to another person.

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