Admittedly, adults introduced them to the screens, bought the screens and occasionally use the screens to secure eight consecutive minutes of peace—but the principle remains sound.

The Children’s Bookshelf celebrates stories children can hold, revisit, probably scribble on, and they include established favourites that have survived generations of bedtime negotiations.

We have brought together books that make reading a thing a swipe rarely can: It stays with them.

Explore our carefully curated Children’s Bookshelf, packed with brilliant stories from all of your favourite authors from David Almond to Benjamin Zephaniah, and everyone in between with plenty of magic, mischief and memorable reading.