Author Quote by Morris Gleitzman

“Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.” quote by Morris Gleitzman — Download Open image

“Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.”

Morris Gleitzman

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