Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and kept alive. (Morris Gleitzman)

Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and kept alive.

Morris Gleitzman

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