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Description   In this extended love letter to children's books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his father, his school. Reading made him who he is. To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earlier encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, Little House on the Prairie, and the Narnia chronicles. He re-creates the excitement of discovery, writing joyfully of the moment when fuzzy marks on a page become words. Weaving together child development, personal reflection, and social observation, Spufford shows the force of fiction in shaping a child: how stories allow for mastery of the world and escape from pain, how they shift our boundaries of the sayable, how they stretch the chambers of our imagination. Author Biography Francis Spufford is also the author of I May Be Some Time. He was named A Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and received the 1997 Somerset Maugham and Writers' Guild Awards. He lives in London, England.   Related Products... Montessori-The Science Behind the Genius Montessori Today The Number Devil Science -Teacher's Guide-Exploring The Earth Moo Our Price: $29.00 Add Our Price: $12.00 Add Our Price: $18.00 Add Our Price: $14.75 Add The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention Art Forms in Nature Einstein Never Used Flashcards Science - The Teacher's Guide To Fossils Our Price: $16.00 Add Our Price: $14.95 Add Our Price: $14.95 Add Our Price: $8.50 Add

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