From Winnie the Pooh’s expotition to the north pole to the Lost Thing’s search for belonging, quests are a staple of some of the best children’s books. David Cadji Newby of lostmy.name books picks his favourites
Quests are the perfect stuff of children’s literature. Some of the best-loved books - Treasure Island, King Arthur, The Hobbit - all involve a long, arduous, peril-filled search for something-or-other. But this narrative design has infinite possibilities. Is the quest for a physical thing or is it for something more elusive – meaning, purpose, self-discovery? Is it the goal that’s most significant, or the journey? In the books I write - The Little Boy Who Lost His Name (or The Little Girl Who Lost Her Name) - the object of the quest is immediately obvious. But there are many other picture books that have done it in many different ways.
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