Feeling Like a Kid: Childhood and Children's Literature

by Jerry Griswold
Feeling Like a Kid: Childhood and Children's Literature
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published
November 17th 2006 by The Johns Hopkins University Press

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Hardcover, 160 pages

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0801885175    (isbn13: 9780801885174)

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In this engaging and reflective essay, Jerry Griswold examines the unique qualities of childhood experience and their reappearance as frequent themes

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Stacy
01/21/09
Stacy rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
Jerry Griswold explores the unique qualities of childhood experience and the ways in which they reappear as frequent themes in children's literature. The themes include: snugness, scariness, smallness, lightness, and aliveness. "There should therefore be a time in adult life devoted to revisiting the most important books of our youth Even if the books have remained the same,...we have most certainly changed, adn our encounter with them will be a new thing" (Italo Calvino, The Uses of L...more
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Mary
11/06/08
Mary rated it: 5 of 5 stars

An easy read book with wonderful classic illustrations - outlines 5 themes in children's literature - snugness, scariness, lightness...
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Wonda
11/21/08
Wonda rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Great for professionals working with children's literature, kids, or simply if you are reminiscent of the feeling you had when you were a child reading. Examines the way that successful children's literature emotionally resonates with children. Beautifully constructed, from the feel and cut of the paper to the cover and page design.
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Erin
06/07/07
Erin rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in July, 2007
recommends it for: adults who enjoy reading children's books
Really interesting examination of children's literature through 5 themes that recur throughout children's book. Very very quick read too, which is always nice. Love how beautiful this book is -- the design and the lovely illustrations throughout really made this book.
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Jacqueline115
09/09/07
Jacqueline115 rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2007
Smiles all through the book, read this in an hour. It divides into themes that we as a child experienced and why books scare us as a child. Books that made us dream big, books that made us feel snuggly, etc.
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