Lindesay Irvine writing in The Guardian, Wednesday July 9, 2008
As the storm over age guidance on children's book covers continues, the Publishers' Association has issued a short statement aimed at reassuring concerned authors. It includes a pledge that there is "no question of age guidance being added to a book without full consultation with the author".
Plans were announced earlier this summer for new titles and reprints to feature a graphic on the back cover indicating "suitable" ages of 5+, 7+, 9+, 11+ and 13+/teen. Due to be implemented this autumn, the scheme has provoked widespread opposition from some of the biggest names in children's writing including JK Rowling and all four children's laureates. Philip Pullman (left) has started a website petition, notoagebanding.org, that has attracted some 3,000 signatures. 
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