An edition of Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
(2017)
Wild Things
The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
Large print edition.
by Bruce Handy
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January 14, 2025 | History
Bruce Handy revisits the classics of every American childhood, from fairy tales to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and explores the back stories of their creators, using context and biography to understand how some of the most creative authors and illustrators of their times created their often deeply personal masterpieces. Along the way, Handy learns what The Cat in the Hat says about anarchy and absentee parenting, which themes are shared by The Runaway Bunny and Portnoy's Complaint, and why Ramona Quimby is as true an American icon as Tom Sawyer or Jay Gatsby.
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Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
Mar 01, 2021, Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
1665142715 9781665142717
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Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
2017, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
in English
- Large print edition.
1432843540 9781432843540
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Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature As an Adult
2017, Simon & Schuster
in English
1501150421 9781501150425
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Table of Contents
New eyes, new ears: Margaret Wise Brown and Goodnight Moon
Runaways: Family drama in picture books... and well beyond
Once upon a time and in and out of weeks: Fairy tales and Maurice Sendak
Why a duck? The uses of talking animals from Aesop to Beatrix Potter to Olivia the Pig
You have to know how: Dr. Seuss vs. Dick and Jane
Kids being kids: Ramona Quimby, American pest
God and man in Narnia
One nation: Washington's cherry tree, Rosa Park's bus, and Oz
Going on seventeen (or not): Little Women, little houses, and Peter Pans
The end: Dead pets, dead grandparents, and the glory of everything.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-487).
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