Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

Author: Rundell, Katherine

Children's literature studies: general

Published on 8 August 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 80 pages
150 x 112 x 10 | 116g

A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell.

'It’s a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight' - Financial Times'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called “serious” novels are forgotten' - Observer'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped' - Sunday TimesKatherine Rundell – Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children – explores how children’s books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.