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Why you should read children's books, even though you are so old and wise

"Here is a celebration, in a pocket-sized format, of the joys and vital importance of children's literature for adult readers, from the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Impossible Creatures. This updated U.S. edition is a revised version of Rundell's original essay, also titled Why You Should...

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Main Author: Rundell, Katherine (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
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Children's stories > Appreciation.
Books and reading.
Literary criticism.
Essays.
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Summary:"Here is a celebration, in a pocket-sized format, of the joys and vital importance of children's literature for adult readers, from the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Impossible Creatures. This updated U.S. edition is a revised version of Rundell's original essay, also titled Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise, which was published by Bloomsbury in the U.K. in 2019"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Revised version of the original essay, published by Bloomsbury in the U.K. in 2019.
"A Borzoi Book"
Physical Description:70 pages ; 19 cm
ISBN:9798217230747
Author Notes:Katherine Rundell was born in 1987. She is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Her books include The Girl Savage and The Wolf Wilder. She received several awards including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Award in 2014 for Rooftoppers, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, and the Costa Award for Children's book in 2017 for The Explorers.

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