WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
We Australians (where Civil Marriage Celebrants were established in 1973) were reading these selections from children’s books over thirty years ago. I do not know how many times I have read the Velveteen Rabbit, or quotes from the Little Prince, or the Princess Bride. But the Brits think they have discovered something bright and new !
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24379830