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5. Best for food: Crete Crete’s southerly location gives it the longest growing season in Greece, and it produces a surfeit of edible delights – you’ll even find avocados and bananas.  Heidi Fuller-Love says: "Variety is the spice of life on the largest Greek island. Crete, home of the Minotaur legend and birthplace of Europe’s first evolved society, is a vivid and sensual mosaic of contrasts: from lofty mountains and pink-sand beaches, to buzzing nightlife and traditional kafeneions (coffeehouses). Standing at the crossroads of three continents, the atoll described by Homer in h...

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They may be stuck at home, but children can escape<strong> </strong>to the Amazon, Himalayas or New York via these magical tales<br>

10 children’s books that will take kids on a journey Piers Torday © Photograph: Getty Images Himalayan adventure … Jasbinder Bilan’s Asha and the Spirit Bird takes its protagonists on a journey through a land of ‘amber-eyed tigers and snow leopards’. There can be few people who find their lives more shaped by geography than those who live in the shadow of the mighty Himalayas, the highest mountains in the world. Prize-winning author Jasbinder Bilan was born there, on a farm in northern Punjab, and her first-hand experience of the sensational landscape and wildlife...

The Straits Times Book Nook: Author Teo Xue Shen wrote four books on his phone Author Teo Xue Shen wrote Children Of The Ark and 18 Walls on his mobile phone during national service.PHOTO: EPIGRAM BOOKS https://str.sg/JKjc They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months.