The Haunted Wood

A History of Childhood Reading

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<strong>Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book?</strong><br><br><p><b><strong>A <em>Sunday Times</em>, <em>Irish Times</em>, <em>Financial Times</em>, <em>Independent,</em> <em>Daily Mail</em>, <em>TLS, Economist, Prospect,</em> <em>Evening Standard</em> and <em>New Statesman</em> Book of the Year 2024</strong></b></p><br><br><p><b><strong>The perfect Christmas gift for booklovers</strong></b></p><p><strong>'A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMAN</strong></p><p>The stories we read as children matter. The best ones are indelible in our memories; reaching 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.</p><p>In a pioneering history of the children's literary canon, <em>The Haunted Wood</em> reveals the magic of childhood reading, from the ancient tales of Aesop, through the Victorian and Edwardian golden age to new classics. Excavating the complex lives of our most beloved writers, Sam Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre and celebrates the power of books to inspire and console entire generations.</p><p>***</p><p><strong>'A DELIGHT'</strong> <strong>JULIA DONALDSON</strong></p><p><strong>'A JOY' MICHAEL ROSEN</strong></p><p><strong>'GLORIOUSLY ENTERTAINING' TOM HOLLAND</strong></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781836430407

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 126 x 46 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Oneworld Publications