We read books to my daughter from birth, which enriched all our lives
‘She is nine years old now and an avid book reader’: Donna Ferguson with her daughter Flora. Photograph: David Yeo/The Observer
‘She is nine years old now and an avid book reader’: Donna Ferguson with her daughter Flora. Photograph: David Yeo/The Observer
A difficult pregnancy meant the only item I dared buy for my unborn child was a book. When she arrived we read it to her every day
Sat 6 Mar 2021 11.00 EST
Nine years ago, I gave birth to a little girl. And now that little girl has grown into a bookworm. It began, as all stories about books should really begin, in a bookshop. I was several months pregnant and I picked up an American picture book I had never come across before: