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  • Non-fiction
  • 2024
  • First North American edition.

The haunted wood

a history of childhood reading

Sam Leith

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Do you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read as children extend far beyond our childhoods; they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys, and anxieties. They reveal our past--collective and individual, remembered and imagined--and invite us to dream up different futures. In a pioneering history of children's literature, from the ancient world to the present day, author Sam Leith reveals the magic of our most cherished stories, and the ways in which they have shaped and consoled entire generations. Excavating the complex lives of beloved writers, Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre--one acutely sensitive to its authors' distinct contexts.

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Title Statement The haunted wood: a history of childhood reading / Sam Leith.
Author Leith, Sam
Publication Toronto, ON: Sutherland House,2024.
Edition First North American edition.
Extent of Item xiii, 586 pages ;
ISBN 9781998365098 (hardcover)
Other Number pr07756873
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Do you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read as children extend far beyond our childhoods; they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys, and anxieties. They reveal our past--collective and individual, remembered and imagined--and invite us to dream up different futures. In a pioneering history of children's literature, from the ancient world to the present day, author Sam Leith reveals the magic of our most cherished stories, and the ways in which they have shaped and consoled entire generations. Excavating the complex lives of beloved writers, Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre--one acutely sensitive to its authors' distinct contexts.
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By Topic Children's literature--Appreciation
Children's literature--History and criticism
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