How do children get the book bug?

One From The UK: 30 years of books for children divide Ion and Lusa Thomas from their children. In some respects the children’s choice of stories is similar to that of their parents – right down to the titles in the case of Asterix and Tintin.

But generally today’s children have a much broader range of books and authors to choose from. The subjects covered are more diverse than in the early 1970s, when adventure books were the staple fare for young readers.