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British children may be facing a summer in lockdown, but according to the writer Jacqueline Wilson it isn’t the moment to attempt the classics, but for comfort reading.
Wilson, the former children’s laureate, is calling on children to sign up online for the Summer Reading Challenge, which launches on Friday. Encouraging children aged four to 11 to read during the long break, this year the focus is on funny books, and getting children to read whatever makes them happy.
“Of course, we’ve never experienced anything like this pandemic before,” said the Tracy Beaker author. “But sometimes people think, at certain stages of their life or even on holiday, it’s time to read the great classics that they’ve never actually got into before. And it’s wonderful if you want to do that and that’s what you like. But right now, it’s time for comfort reading.”