'Anyone who reads or ever read children's books - read this. It's a joy.' Irish Times
'Exhilarating.' New York Times Book Review
'Sublime.' Peter Ackroyd, The Times
** An Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian and Irish Times Book of the Year. **
What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood?
In The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford revisits all those childhood obsessions: fairy tales; Where the Wild Things Are; The Lord of the Rings; The Chronicles of Narnia; Little House on the Prairie; The Wind in the Willows; The Earthsea Trilogy and more. In these treasured tales Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness - the thrill as worlds of imagination opened up before him mixed with the memories of a boy who retreated into books when faced with a family tragedy.
| ISBN: | 9780571346790 |
| Publication date: | 4th October 2018 |
| Author: | Francis Spufford |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 214 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s and teenage literature studies: general Children’s and teenage book reviews and guides Biography, Literature and Literary studies |