Barking with the Big Dogs
On Writing and Reading Books for Children
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Culled from the last four decades, an inspirational collection of wisdom from a beloved storyteller explores what it was like to be a "little dog" in the literary world, continually being forced to justify her choice to write children's books.
Other Authors:
Babbitt, Natalie. Happy endings? Of course, and also joy.
Babbitt, Natalie. Child as chimpanzee.
Babbitt, Natalie. Great American novel for children--and why not?
Babbitt, Natalie. You must go home again.
Babbitt, Natalie. Saying what you think.
Babbitt, Natalie. Way we were--and weren't.
Babbitt, Natalie. Something has to happen.
Babbitt, Natalie. Roots and branches of fantasy.
Babbitt, Natalie. Easy does it.
Babbitt, Natalie. Metamorphoses.
Babbitt, Natalie. Happy endings? Of course, and also joy.
Babbitt, Natalie. Child as chimpanzee.
Babbitt, Natalie. Great American novel for children--and why not?
Babbitt, Natalie. You must go home again.
Babbitt, Natalie. Saying what you think.
Babbitt, Natalie. Way we were--and weren't.
Babbitt, Natalie. Something has to happen.
Babbitt, Natalie. Roots and branches of fantasy.
Babbitt, Natalie. Easy does it.
Babbitt, Natalie. Metamorphoses.
Contents:
Happy endings? Of course, and also joy (1970) -- The child as chimpanzee (1971) -- The great American novel for children--and why not? (1973) -- You must go home again (1978) -- Saying what you think (1981) -- The way we were--and weren't (1985) -- Something has to happen (1985) -- The roots and branches of fantasy (1986) -- Easy does it (1986) -- Metamorphoses (1987) -- A question from Justine (1987) -- The purpose of literature--and who cares? (1989) -- Darkness and light (1990) -- Protecting children's literature (1990) -- Beacons of light (1993) -- Finding paths (1999) -- New world, no world (2001) -- We're all mad here (2004).
ISBN:
9780374310400 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LITERATURE Essays Bab | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
LITERATURE Essays Bab | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
"A collection of essays and speeches by Natalie Babbitt"