LoginPipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature
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Jonathan Cott interviews six masters of the medium: Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss), a gifted writer and illustrator who, as one critic put it, "sees the world as boys and girls see it and takes their side instinctively"; Maurice Sendak, whose fantasy stories help children exorcise their fears and frustrations; William Steig, a creator of fairy tales populated by crazy talking animals; Astrid Lindgren, a Swedish author whose books about the adventures of Pippi Longstocking affirm imagination; Chinua Achebe, an African writer whose stories deal with roots; and P.L. Travers, the English author of the Mary Poppins tales. The
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Manufacturer: Random House
Release date: 1 April 1983
ISBN-10 : 039450464X | ISBN-13: 9780394504643
Release date: 1 April 1983
ISBN-10 : 039450464X | ISBN-13: 9780394504643
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