Alison Curtis's top 10 books for children

Her weekly book slot for kids on her weekend breakfast show has a waiting list into 2021. So who better than Alison Curtis to give us a recommended reading list for children?

Alison Curtis: "Literacy is so important to families."

As many parents can attest, it can be almost impossible to convince some children to read a book, especially outside of school time.

Many hours have been spent trying to wrestle a games console or a tablet from a child’s hands and replace it with a classic children’s novel like The Famous Five or Matilda, books their parents adored when growing up. Radio presenter and Irish Examiner columnist Alison Curtis notes that both she and her daughter, Joan, were slow to become hooked on books as kids, but in the end, it was a particular style of book that drew them deeper into the world of reading.