Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise - Katherine Rundell

_______________A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children''s literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell._______________''It’s a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight'' - Financial Times''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'' - Observer''Rundell''s pen is gold-tipped'' - Sunday Times_______________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.