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''Anyone who reads or ever read children''s books - read this. It''s a joy.'' Irish Times
''Exhilarating.'' New York Times Book Review
''Sublime.'' Peter Ackroyd, The Times

** An Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian and Irish Times Book of the Year. **

What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood?

In The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford revisits all those childhood obsessions: fairy tales; Where the Wild Things Are; The Lord of the Rings; The Chronicles of Narnia; Little House on the Prairie; The Wind in the Willows; The Earthsea Trilogy and more. In these treasured tales Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness the thrill as worlds of imagination opened up before him mixed with the memories of a boy who retreated into books when faced with a family tragedy.

The Child that Books Built

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 4 October 2018
      ISBN-13 9780571346790
      978-0571346790
      ISBN-10 0571346790
      Also in:
      Biography Autobiography: adventurers and explorers ELT & Literary Studies Biography, Literature and Literary studies Children’s book reviews and guides

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Anyone who reads or ever read children''s books - read this. It''s a joy.'' Irish Times
      ''Exhilarating.'' New York Times Book Review
      ''Sublime.'' Peter Ackroyd, The Times

      ** An Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian and Irish Times Book of the Year. **

      What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood?

      In The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford revisits all those childhood obsessions: fairy tales; Where the Wild Things Are; The Lord of the Rings; The Chronicles of Narnia; Little House on the Prairie; The Wind in the Willows; The Earthsea Trilogy and more. In these treasured tales Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness the thrill as worlds of imagination opened up before him mixed with the memories of a boy who retreated into books when faced with a family tragedy.

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