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Why classics need to be rewritten
"The great thing is to enjoy them in the first place" says children's author Michael Morpurgo of a project by Oxford University Press to rewrite classics. Writers like Aesop and Dickens are being reworked and made easier for children to encourage them to read for pleasure.
(Photo: Children reading in a classroom. Credit: Getty Images)
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