false 5356376 1 Highly illuminating for parents, vital for students and book lovers alike, <I>Enchanted Hunters</I> transforms our understanding of why children should read. Ever wondered why little children love listening to stories, why older ones get lost in certain books? In this enthralling work, Maria Tatar challenges many of our assumptions about childhood reading. Much as our culture pays lip service to the importance of literature, we rarely examine the creative and cognitive benefits of reading from infancy through adolescence. By exploring how beauty and horror operate in C. S. Lewis's <I>The Chronicles of Narnia</I>, Philip Pullman's <I>His Dark Materials</I>, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, and many other narratives, Tatar provides a delightful work for parents, teachers, and general readers, not just examining how and what children read but also showing through vivid examples how literature transports and transforms children with its intoxicating, captivating, and occasionally terrifying energy. In the tradition of Bruno Bettelheim's landmark <I>The Uses of Enchantment</I>, Tatar's book is not only a compelling journey into the world of childhood but a trip back for adult readers as well. 30 illustrations. 5423870 2 3 2009 Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood total:44|5:11|4:18|3:8|2:5|1:2| 44 163 451 17 4 7 false false Sun Jan 18 11:54:21 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 11:55:01 -0800 2009 0 1 false false Sat Mar 28 16:00:32 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 16:00:42 -0700 2009 4 6 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 12:03:52 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:03:11 -0700 2009 Enchanted Hunters appears to be a blunt instrument of adult rationality operating on the magic and mystery of Oz. This academic history of children’s literature is a cultural and literary study where Dr. Seuss mixes with Hegel and J. M. Barrie with Walter Benjamin. But like childr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 07:01:03 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:02:47 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 18 17:57:02 -0800 2009 Thu May 28 18:40:17 -0700 2009
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