Emma Brockes’ article (Forget about irony, witty writing is all it takes to capture a child’s imagination, 4 April), inspired by the death of the children’s author Beverly Cleary, didn’t mention her brilliant novel Fifteen, written for teenage girls about being a teenage girl. I remember reading it and drinking in every word, and feeling a little less odd with every sentence. Wonderful.
Debby Holt
Bath, Somerset
• My failing eyesight gave me fleeting hope as I misread Boris Johnson’s pledge of a return to “some semblance of normality” (Report, 5 April) as his pledging a return to “some semblance of morality”. Some hope.
John Fullman
Thornton Heath, London
• Give Boris Johnson his due: he announces an imminent return to normality, and the next morning our Guardian is on the doormat by 7.30am for the first time in months.
Paul Ticher
Leicester
• “Sir Paul Beresford, dentist and Conservative MP, 75” (Birthdays, 6 April). Good to know that one of his careers is dedicated to trying to alleviate people’s pain.
Michael Cunningham
Wolverhampton
• How very reassuring that Lucy Mangan doesn’t love Schitt’s Creek either (TV and radio, G2, 5 April). I was beginning to think I was alone.
Judith Silverman
Ruislip, London
• First swallows of the year spotted this week at Croxall Lakes (Letters, 31 March).
Elaine Cameron
Lichfield, Staffordshire
