Like all the best children's books, the William stories are just as enjoyable for adults, in fact sometimes more so. Take this, from The May King in MLike all the best children's books, the William stories are just as enjoyable for adults, in fact sometimes more so. Take this, from The May King in More William: "William was frankly bored. School always bored him. He disliked facts, and he disliked being tied down to detail, and he disliked answering questions. As a politician a great future would have lain before him."
I don't remember if I read them as a child, but I bought some of the reissues recently after seeing the short TV series at Christmas and adored them. One of the books has an introduction by Martin Jarvis who reads them on the audio version (I must remember to look out for those) and he said that often, as he was reading them, he was hooting with laughter. I can well believe it. The perfect pick-me-up for all ages....more
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