The Child That Books Built - A Life in Reading (Paperback)

In this extended love letter to children's books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his father, his school. Reading made him who he is. To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, and The Chronicles of Narnia. He recreates the excitement of discovery, writing joyfully of the moment when fuzzy marks on a page become words. Weaving together child development, personal reflection, and social observation, Spufford shows the force of fiction in shaping a child: how stories allow for escape from pain and mastery of the world, how they shift our boundaries of the sayable, how they stretch the chambers of our imagination.

General

Imprint:	St. Martins Press-3pl
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	December 2003
Authors:	Francis Spufford
Dimensions:	223 x 135 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	213
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-42184-7
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Home & house maintenance > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Advice on parenting > General
LSN:	0-312-42184-2
Barcode:	9780312421847

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