Are her children fans of Enid Blyton?
“I read Noddy to Billy, whether he likes it or not. And he does like it and I find it really pleasurable to read. And all the things that people later criticised her for, the repetitive and simple language, well he loves it because he understands it and he can read it. And they’re really short chapters, which are really good when you’re putting your children to bed. So I’ve enjoyed it. She’s clever. She said, ‘I capture my audience young.’ She started at three or four, then she took them up to 13 and then that was it.
