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The Child That Books Built A Life in Reading
Author: Francis Spufford

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... more », 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.

ISBN-13: 9780312421847
ISBN-10: 0312421842
Publication Date: 12/1/2003
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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Amy S. reviewed The Child That Books Built : A Life in Reading on 4/9/2007 + 76 more book reviews

It offers an intelligent, thoughtful inquiry into how the pleasure of reading actually works.

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Allison K. (armofpilot) reviewed The Child That Books Built : A Life in Reading on 1/2/2006 + 2 more book reviews

Disappointing.Thought I'd get a personal account of the way a boy was moved by reading, and lots of great recommendations, and I felt it just drifted into subpar psychobabble.

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