Piers Torday

Children’s books provide the perfect escape from coronovirus

Piers Torday chooses his favourite authors, from Robert Louis Stevenson to Sue Townsend

‘The Torrent of the Valley of Glencoe’: a scene from Kidnapped, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Alamy 
issue 11 July 2020
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