But try as I might, I never got to eat any of her pastries, and do you know, she never even offered me one.
Michael MorpurgoOur great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can discover all horrors of the adult world. They know very early on that the world is sometimes a very dark, difficult and complex place, and the literature they read must reflect that. Otherwise we're just entertaining them to pass the time.
Michael Morpurgo