Children's Book Week (US)

Lorcan writes about children's book week here and lists two of his favourites.  His second choice, Peepo, resonates particularly strongly for me.  It was also a favourite of my daughter (Daisy) when we first started reading to her at bed-time.  These kind of books get read so many times over and over again that they get engraved on your heart or something - I could probably still recite many of the words from memory now (15 or 16 years later!).

Another personal favourite of mine (for older children) is Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo.  I read this to my boys (Wilf and Stan) when they were about 11 and 8.  It's a powerful book, and the act of reading out loud really strengthens the emotion in it.

Nothing beats Swallows and Amazons though! :-)

Note: Yes, I know that Children's Book Week in the UK ran from the 2-8 October this year... but I missed that, so am taking the opportunity second time round!