Wild Things
The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
Edición de la obra Wild Things
| Autor | Bruce Handy |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company |
| Fecha de publicación | 2017 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 491 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781432843540 |
| ISBN-10 | 1432843540 |
| OCLC | 994263040 |
| LCCN | 2017033189 |
| Serie | Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction |
| Número de Cutter | H236w |
Bruce Handy revisits the classics of every American childhood, from fairy tales to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and explores the back stories of their creators, using context and biography to understand how some of the most creative authors and illustrators of their times created their often deeply personal masterpieces. Along the way, Handy learns what The Cat in the Hat says about anarchy and absentee parenting, which themes are shared by The Runaway Bunny and Portnoy's Complaint, and why Ramona Quimby is as true an American icon as Tom Sawyer or Jay Gatsby.