Guest Post – Imagination and Picture Books: Gleaning Wisdom from 11 Sources by Ellen Handler Spitz

We are pleased to yet again feature a piece today from Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz. You may recall her previous pieces on this blog Who Was Beatrix Potter? or A New Consideration of Elena Ferrante’s The Beach at Night or Happy Birthday Lore Segal! Ellen Handler Spitz Celebrates the Return of “Tell Me a Mitzi”. In this round-up Dr. Spitz considers some of the texts we use when considering the whole of children’s literature.

 

Gleaning Wisdom from 11 Sources

2019 Ellen Handler Spitz

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