Enchanted Hunters The Power of Stories in Childhood

Name: Enchanted Hunters The Power of Stories in Childhood
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ISBN: 9780393066012

ISBN-10: 0393066010

ISBN-13: 9780393066012

Edition: 2009

Authors: Maria Tatar, Tatar, M. Tatar

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Highly illuminating for parents, vital for students and book lovers alike,Enchanted Hunterstransforms our understanding of why children should read. Ever wondered why little children love listening to stories, why older ones get lost in certain books? In this enthralling work, Maria Tatar challenges many of our assumptions about childhood reading. Much as our culture pays lip service to the importance of literature, we rarely examine the creative and cognitive benefits of reading from infancy through adolescence. By exploring how beauty and horror operate in C. S. Lewis'sThe Chronicles of Narnia, Philip Pullman'sHis Dark Materials, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, and many other…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/20/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 306
Size: 7.87" wide x 9.69" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English