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Turkish novelist Elif Shafak and the best of children's books

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Sunday 15 April 2012

Mariella Frostrup talks to Elif Shafak about her latest book Honour, which highlights the issue of honour killings in the Kurdish Turkish community across two continents.

We've heard a lot about young adult fiction, but what about novels for younger children? The seven to twelve year old age range used to be regarded as The Golden Age for books, Open Book examines what's happening now.

Plus, more of the funny things people say in bookshops. This time round, book buyers get their revenge.

Producer: Andrea Kidd.

  • Read the Opening Chapter of Honour by Elif Shafak

    Chapter 1: Honour by Elif Shafak

  • BOOKS BY THE GUESTS

    Honour by Elif Shafak published by Viking
    The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak

    The Oliva series by Lyn Gardner published by Nosy Crow
    Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner published by David Fickling Books
    Out of the Woods by Lyn Gardner published by David Fickling Books

    Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell published by Constable & Robinson

  • FAVOURITE BOOKS CHOSEN BY THE CHILDREN

    The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson

    Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad, Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 2. by Dav Pilkey

    Daisy and the trouble with zoos by Kes Gray

    Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

    Hurricane Gold by Charlie Higson

    The Famous Five - Enid Blyton

  • BOOKS FOR THE SEVEN TO TWELVE AGE RANGE

    One dog and his boy by Eva Ibbotson
    How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
    Troll Fell by Katherine Langrish
    The Donut Diaries by Anthony McGowan
    The Knife that killed me by Anthony McGowan
    Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
    The Snow-walkers's son by Catherine Fisher
    The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
    Five Children and It - by E. Nesbit
    The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
    Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
    Mr Gum stories by Andy Stanton
    Horrid Henry created by Francesca Simon
    The books of Philip Pullman

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