1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

本書是一部為孩子與大人而寫的閱讀地圖，精選童年時期不可錯過的重要書籍，陪伴不同世代的讀者回望與展望閱讀的起點。書中橫跨年齡與形式，從無字圖畫書、字母與語音入門讀物，到情感深刻、題材尖銳的青少年小說，呈現兒童閱讀世界的廣度與深度。

本書不只是一份書單，更是一趟探索旅程，引領讀者穿梭於奇幻、冒險、歷史與當代生活之間。隨著翻閱，讀者將走進熟悉又迷人的想像國度，如 Narnia、Middle Earth、Hogwarts School，也可能像 Alice 一樣跌入未知的入口，展開意想不到的閱讀路徑。對正在為孩子選書的家長，或想重新認識童書經典的讀者而言，本書提供了溫和而可靠的指引。

• 涵蓋全年齡層童書

• 經典與當代作品並陳

• 建立長期閱讀視野

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is the perfect introduction to the very best books of childhood: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader.

It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much-loved classics that many generations have read and enjoyed.

From wordless picture books and books introducing the first words and sounds of the alphabet through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction, the titles featured in this book reflect the wealth of reading opportunities for children.

Browsing the titles in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up will take you on a journey of discovery into fantasy, adventure, history, contemporary life, and much more.

These books will enable you to travel to some of the most famous imaginary worlds such as Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwarts School. And the route taken may be pretty strange, too. You may fall down a rabbit hole, as Alice does on her way to Wonderland, or go through the back of a wardrobe to reach the snowy wastes of Narnia.

Julia Eccleshare is a writer, broadcaster, and lecturer as well as Children's Books Editor of The Guardian. She has been an editor at Penguin/Puffin Books and at Hamish Hamilton and an editorial advisor to many other publishers including Cambridge University Press and Puffin Modern Classics. She has chaired the Nestle Smarties Book Awards since 2001, and has served as a judge for the Branford Boase First Novel Prize and for the Whitbread Children's Book Prize. In 2000 she won the Eleanor Farjohn Award in recognition of her contribution to children's books. In addition to numerous anthologies, her books include, Treasure Islands: The Woman's Hour Guide to Children's Reading, A Guide to the Harry Potter Novels, Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter: Portraits of Children's Writers and, with Nicholas Tucker, The Rough Guide to Teenage Books. She lives in London.

Quentin Blake is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful illustrators and children's authors. His first drawings were published in Punch when he was 16. He has illustrated over 300 books and taught at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration Department until 1986. He has won many awards and prizes, and was appointed the first Children's Laureate in 1999. In 2005 he was made a Commander of the British Empire, on of Britain’s highest awards.