“Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.”

Gentle, generous, kind and patient, The Book Thief’s Hans Huberman might just be the ultimate top pop. Read an extract on Liesel’s papa from Markus Zuzak’s best selling novel.

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“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.”

Heroic and courageous in equal measure, Atticus Finch truly is a top pop. Join us in celebrating Harper Lee’s saintly sire, ahead of the release of Go Set A Watchman next month with a gallery from the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Spot Loves his Dad

King of bedtime stories, Spot’s dad really is a top dog. If your pop resembles Spot’s father, Joseph O’Connor’s touching poem about fatherhood, from new book Sons and Fathers will strike a chord.

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