Children need books. They need exposure to writers that will make them soar and weep, who will lift their hearts and soothe their souls. Never delving any deeper than a tweet is to be robbed of so much richness and beauty, so much tenderness and compassion.

Children need books. They need exposure to writers that will make them soar and weep, who will lift their hearts and soothe their souls. Never delving any deeper than a tweet is to be robbed of so much richness and beauty, so much tenderness and compassion.