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These are the greatest children’s authors of all time – and Roald Dahl definitely isn’t one of them
Children’s literature is far more important than adult fiction – so here’s 12 writers that belong on every bookshelf (and six best
banished)
Sam Leith
17 August 2024 • 10:45am
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IN
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
AA Milne (1882-1956)
CS Lewis (1898-1963)
TH White (1906-1964)
Judy Blume (b 1938)
Jacqueline Wilson (b 1945)
Philip Pullman (b 1946)
Julia Donaldson (b 1948)
Malorie Blackman (b 1962)
JK Rowling (b 1965)
Jon Klassen (b 1981)
Katherine Rundell (b 1987)
OUT
Willard Price (1887-1983)
WE Johns (1893-1968)
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
Roger Hargreaves (1935-1988)
David Walliams (b?1971)
The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith
(Oneworld, £30) will be published on Sept 5
Read it all here:
Source: <
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childrens-books/greatest-children-authors-rowling-dahl-pullman-blyton/>
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