Perhaps Salman Rushdie's best novel yet (well, imho it is).
The gist of it is that there is a son of a storyteller who has to battle strange forces conspiring to affect the sea of stories which is the source of inspiration for storytellers everywhere.
A good read for children and adults alike, Haroun and the Sea of Stories keeps you glued to the pages whilst displaying Salman Rushdie's brilliant command of descriptive, storytelling English. Unlike the Satanic Verses, this book is not banned anywhere that I know of.