BOOKS WITH
MEANING
As You Like It, William
Shakespeare
Read this to your new beau –
or oldest love.
Like Water for Chocolate,
Laura Esquivel
An ideal read between friends
preferably over steaming cups
of cocoa.
The Old Ways, Robert
MacFarlane
Read this to a friend and
rejoice in the soundscape
Macfarlane creates, says
Francesco Dimitri.
The Quangle Wangle’s Hat,
Edward Lear
Travel with your toddler to a
land of gloriously nonsensical
words and characters.
‘Love after Love’,
Derek Walcott
A poem to read to anyone
facing new beginnings
following loss, says Helen
Willows.
Treasure Island, Robert Louis
Stevenson
Relive a swashbuckling classic
- this is one of Meghan Cox
Gurdon’s favourite family
reads.
Letters to a Young Poet,
Rainer Maria Rilke
Read to anyone seeking the
comfort of knowing that this
too shall pass.
Lord of the Rings,
JRR Tolkien
Magic, fantasy and epic
adventure – polish up your
best Gollum voice and
transport your audience to
Middle Earth.
There’s a read to suit every
situation – some to try...