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AM: You're not going to like this answer, but I honestly don't believe you should be prescriptive about what children read. They should read whatever they fancy, exploring the great world of books until they find the kind of thing that engages them. It's why libraries are so important to children – they're a playground made of words. Having said that any child that reads ''The BFG'', [[Tom's Midnight Garden]], and ''The Lord of the Rings'' won't go far wrong.

AM: I'm at various stages of several books, none of which have totally grabbed me. I'm seven eighths of the way through ''Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson'', which is a huge great baggy novel about code breaking in the Second World War, combined with an analysis of 1990s geek culture, and, well, pretty much everything else. I'm a fifth of the way through [[:Category:Roberto Bolano|Roberto Bolano’s]] ''2666'', which I decided is rubbish, and have cast into the corner of the room. I'm also half way through Sassoon's ''Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man'', which is ever so slightly dull. The most fun I'm having is reading ''The Lord of the Rings'' to my 10-year old. We're up to the third volume, ''The Return of the King'', and it really is magnificent.