LOL ... my childhood Author had to be Enid Blyton .. especially the 'Magic wishing chair' set:- Moonface, Silky, Saucepan man .....
Nowadays, I adore the Illustrations of Mick Inkpen, Stephen Cartwright, Nick Butterworth to name a couple.
To read to my 5 '
nearly 6' yr old though .. as he chooses his own - I get the delights of trying to make head N tail of Pokemon, Teenage Turtles, and Sponge Bob magazines (has ANYONE actually managed to read a sponge bob strip successfully :muted: :muted: grrrr ) Still - I love the time together for a bedtime story !!