5/9/2023 0 Comments Wild Things by Bruce Handy“Wild Things” doesn’t have much of an argument to make other than its premise that we should take children’s literature seriously, which I think many people already do, and yet the book succeeds wonderfully, not so much as an argument but as an eccentric essay, and an emanation of spirit.” This not-quite-method leaves the book occasionally feeling dutiful - but mostly not. Some of these are from his own childhood, some are books he read to his (still growing) children, and some seem chosen to answer a curiosity about what so-called girl books really are. The New York Times: A Grown-Up’s Travels Down the Rabbit Hole of Children’s Literature - “Handy selects a few titles to represent each age, from babydom on up to whatever it is children become before they become us. Author of Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult. Guestīruce Handy, Contributing Editor for Vanity Fair. Plus, an update as Houston scrambles to shelter an estimated 30,000 people fleeing the city’s floods. Up next, On Point: the joy of reading children’s literature from the perspective of adulthood. But what happens when we re-read beloved children’s books as adults? Sometimes they’re a let-down. Some books are synonymous with childhood. From “Goodnight Moon” to “Charlotte’s Web,” how children’s literature can still speak to adults.
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