| Description |
xvi, 219 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
The Underduckling: Hans Christian Andersen -- Little Women and Big Girls: Louisa May Alcott -- The Oddness of Oz -- Is There Anybody There? Walter De La Mare's Solitary Child -- John Masefield's Boxes of Delight -- Moomintroll and his Friends -- Dr. Seuss Comes Back -- Haroun and the Sea of Stories -- The Perils of Harry Potter -- What Fairy Tales Tell Us -- Boys and Girls Come Out to Play: Children's Games -- Poetry by and for Children -- Louder than Words: Children's Book Illustrations -- Enchanted Forests and Secret Gardens: Nature in Children's Literature |
| Summary |
"In this engaging series of essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alison Lurie explores the theory that the best children's book authors have often preferred the world of young people to the world of adults. Lurie looks at children's classics from every era and relates them to the authors who wrote them, including Little Women author Louisa May Alcott and Wizard of Oz author Frank Baum, as well as Dr. Seuss and Salman Rushdie. In the process she reveals how these gifted writers have used children's literature to transfigure sorrow, nostalgia, and the struggles of their own experiences."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Children -- Books and reading.
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Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries.
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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Children's stories, American.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| LC no. |
2002030815 |
| ISBN |
0142002526 |
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