C. S. Lewis on Writing for Children | Cogito, Credo, Petam

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty â€" except, of course, books of information. The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better nor to ... Once in a hotel dining-room I said, rather too loudly, 'I loathe prunes.' 'So do I,' came an unexpected six-year-old voice from another table. Sympathy was instantaneous. Neither of us thought it funny. ...