Congratulations, Aslan!
Harry Potter has failed to work his magic in a poll of the best children’s reads of all time.
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, CS Lewis’s fantasy novel first published 58 years ago, has been crowned the ultimate children’s book.
Despite making its author JK Rowling richer than the Queen and sparking a worldwide publishing phenomenon, Harry Potter came a relatively lowly sixth place in the survey.
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The poll of 4,000 respondents was conducted by the charity Booktrust, which runs the Government-backed Bookstart initiative giving free packs of books to children.
