A clear-eyed love letter to the greatest children’s books and authors, from Louisa May Alcott and L. Frank Baum to Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Mildred D. Taylor, and E.B. White, Wild Things will bring back fond memories for readers of all ages ...
A clear-eyed love letter to the greatest children’s books and authors from Louisa May Alcott and L. Frank Baum to Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Mildred D. Taylor, and E.B. White, Wild Things is “a spirited, perceptive, and just outright funny ...
... thing Charlotte would see was the view from the bottom of that well . The last thing she'd feel is her body floating amidst the putrid scent of decomposing corpses . She knew they were going to kill her too , but she didn't care ...
... wild cat . Like Wilbur in Charlotte's Web , [ White ] was lucky to be surrounded by such various and sensuous manifestations of life — by ' everything " ( 19 ) . Everything , in White's long experience with living things , included a ...
Secret lives, scandalous turns, and some very funny surprises — these essays by leading kids’ lit bloggers take us behind the scenes of many much-loved children’s books.
Tender and intimate, these are consoling songs of hope and of healing; short, simple meditations on love, death, friendship, memory and belonging.
... Charlotte, might have bought in the stores on Oak Street—was tucked on her arm. She looked, I thought with a smile, like a very chic Little Red Riding Hood. “No clue,” said the cashier, drawing my gaze again. “I'm not really into kiddie ...
... Charlotte, Harmony, Skye, Logan and Christopher, for making the shoots such fun. To Rowan Hoban and Sarah Bird of Wild Rumpus for the shoot location and creating the best children's festival, Just So. To craft author Kat Goldin and Kat ...
... Charlotte's Web.” In Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism, edited by Sidney I. Dobrin and Kenneth B. Kidd. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2004. _____ . “E. B. White's Environmental Web.” Ph.D. dissertation, English ...