Go on following safe figure children read about (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
peter rabbit
'figure children read about' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'go on following safe' is the wordplay.
'go on' becomes 'rabbit' (talk at length).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'safe' becomes 'peter' (slang term for a safe).
'rabbit' put after 'peter' is 'PETER RABBIT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for peter rabbit that I've seen before include "Potter personification?" , "Beatrix Potter character" , "Beatrix's hero" , "creature" .)