Kerry answers “I would just like to get everyone's...”

Taylor Bartlett asked this question about Watership Down (Watership Down, #1):

I would just like to get everyone's personal opinion, do you think Watership Down is a kid's book?

Kerry Dunn If it can capture your child's attention then it's a children's book. I like what Neil Gaiman says, "Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child's …moreIf it can capture your child's attention then it's a children's book. I like what Neil Gaiman says, "Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child's love of reading. Stop them reading what they enjoy or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like - the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian 'improving' literature - you'll wind up with a generation convinced that reading is uncool and, worse, unpleasant."(less)

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