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

Description: Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell _______________A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of childrens literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell._______________Its a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight - Financial TimesRundell 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 - ObserverRundells pen is gold-tipped - Sunday Times_______________Katherine Rundell – Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children – explores how childrens books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how childrens 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Katherine Rundell is the million-copy bestselling author of five childrens novels and has won the Costa Childrens Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize amongst many others. Katherine spent her childhood in Africa and Europe before taking her degree at the University of Oxford and becoming a Fellow of All Souls College. As well as writing, she studies Renaissance literature and is learning, very slowly, to fly a small aeroplane. Katherine will be a World Book Day author for 2021. Review Read everything she writes * Daily Mail *A winning polemic about how reading a childrens book can remind us of the need to see things from different perspectives * i Weekend *Rundells pen is gold-tipped * Sunday Times *Rundell is now unarguably in the first rank * Philip Pullman on The Explorer *As an unashamed lover and reader of childrens literature, I adored Katherine Rundells Why You Should Read Childrens Books ... [its] time to remind yourself of the reason you fell in love with books and reading in the first place * Observer New Review *Its a very short book but it packs a real punch. Rundell makes an irresistible case and reminds you of the wonder and excitement of reading, discovering and learning. She is a brilliant and ferocious communicator; I found her use of language and some of her tropes thrilling and fascinating and enormously generative. A real delight * FT readers best books of 2019 Financial Times *Childrens author Katherine Rundell is a fellow in English Literature at Oxford so she knows how to put an argument together. Here, she delivers a winning polemic about how reading a childrens book can remind us of the need to see things from different perspectives * i Weekend *The Costa Award-winning childrens author makes an impassioned case for adults to continue reading childrens books. She explains what they can teach us, including kindness and courage, risk-taking and morality. * Sunday Express S Magazine *Just delicious -- Liz Hyder * Observer New Review * Promotional An unmissable essay on the importance of childrens literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell Review Quote As an unashamed lover and reader of childrens literature, I adored Katherine Rundells Why You Should Read Childrens Books ... [its] time to remind yourself of the reason you fell in love with books and reading in the first place Promotional "Headline" An unmissable essay on the importance of childrens literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell Feature Katherine Rundells books have sold a total of 480,000 copies through UK TCM, and The Explorer alone has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK since its publication in 2017. She is published in over 30 countries worldwide Details ISBN1526610078 Author Katherine Rundell ISBN-10 1526610078 ISBN-13 9781526610072 Format Hardcover Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-08-08 Pages 80 Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 809.89282 Language English UK Release Date 2019-08-08 NZ Release Date 2019-08-08 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience General AU Release Date 2019-09-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:125858744;

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