Clare Byrne

And every night we go through them and we ask questions, etc.

It's incredible how much he relies on them for sleep.

He can't manage a screen for longer than a few minutes because he wants to go back to his books.

See, that parent, because we all did that when they were two and two and a half and all the rest.

And you think at the time, will this hour ever end?

I wouldn't be reading six.

Well, look, you do what you have to do to get them to see.

But the gift that you're giving that child, because they'll always go back to the books, I think, once you spend that time with them.

Patricia, I could talk to you all day.

Thank you so much.

The book is called The Island of the Bees.

It is truly beautiful, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly, although he came up with entirely his own thing, as we have just learned.

And the story is a bit dubious as well.

The provenance, Clare.

The provenance, the provenance.

Patricia, thank you so much for coming here.

You're welcome.

Lovely to have you here.

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