Lucy Mangan in The Guardian 15 Feb, 2018

... But for children, rereading is absolutely necessary. The act of reading is itself still new. A lot of energy is still going into (not so) simple decoding of words and the assimilation of meaning. Only then do you get to enjoy the plot – to begin to get lost in the story. The beauty of a book is that it remains the same for as long as you need it. You can’t wear out a book’s patience.

Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading is published by Vintage.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/15/childrens-books-lucy-mangan-bookworm