Surge in children's book sales a real page-turner

By Janice Harris
Updated August 14 2014 - 6:34am, first published 3:30am
BOOK BOOM: Tahlarah Dixon, 6, reads one of the books that has accounted for a boom in children’s book sales in the last year. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0812books3
BOOK BOOM: Tahlarah Dixon, 6, reads one of the books that has accounted for a boom in children’s book sales in the last year. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0812books3

A SURGE in the number of children’s books sold in Australia in the past year has quashed predictions children would turn away from printed books in favour of electronic books.

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