REVIEW BY EMILY COOK
BBC BOOKS
Ican’t ever remember being unable to read. I can’t actually remember learning to read, either. I studied English Language and Linguistics at university and child language acquisition was something which fascinated me. Learning a language is an extremely complex process. Yet, you learnt to read, write and speak your native language when you were very young. Well done you! The likelihood is you started off with an alphabet book as a young pre-schooler just beginning to recognise letters. If you’re reading this text now, that’s a pretty sure sign that you’re way beyond the alphabet book stage of reading – unless you have kids, alphabet books are probably off your radar. But even so, let me draw your attention to T Is for TARDIS…