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The Haunted Wood
The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading | Sam Leith
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'A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMAN Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read as children matter. The best ones are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods, they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past collective and individual, remembered and imagined and invite us to dream up different futures. In a pioneering history of the childrens literary canon, The Haunted Wood reveals the magic of childhood reading, from the ancient tales of Aesop, through the Victorian and Edwardian golden age to new classics. Excavating the complex lives of our most beloved writers, Sam Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre and celebrates the power of books to inspire and console entire generations. *** 'Profoundly erudite and gloriously entertaining, this is the most purely enjoyable literary history I have ever read.' Tom Holland 'The Haunted Wood captures the magic of childhood reading and casts a spell of its own.' Laura Freeman, The Times
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LeahBergen
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I‘ve been dipping in and out of this book lately and it‘s marvellous!

LeeRHarry Sounds fab - have requested it from my library - thanks for the rec! 😊 2w
BarbaraBB Gorgeous edition! 2w
AnishaInkspill this sounds interesting, thanks 🙂 2w
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rubyslippersreads This looks wonderful! 2w
Cathythoughts Beautiful.. the cover ❤️ 2w
kspenmoll This sounds wonderful! 2w
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LeahBergen
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My #AllHallowsReadSwap arrived today! Thank you, @BookishMadHatter ! I‘m very excited! 😘😘

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A lovely birthday card from @rubyslippersreads . Thank you so much! 😘😘

#AHRS #AllHallowsRead
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rubyslippersreads You‘re very welcome! 😘 4w
BookishMadHatter I'm impressed that it made it with time to spare with the way our mail has been lately lol. Hope you like it! 4w
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads It‘s so pretty! 4w
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LeahBergen @BookishMadHatter I know I‘m going to love it. You‘re always such an amazing swap partner! 4w
Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 4w
Tamra Happy Birthday & Bookday! 😄 4w
MemoirsForMe Happiest Birthday wishes to you! 🤗🎂🎉❤️ 4w
LeahBergen @Ruthiella @Tamra @MemoirsForMe Thank you! My birthday is on Monday but I like to say October is my birthday MONTH. Or, as I tell my husband, it‘s my birthday until Christmas. 😆😆 4w
Tamra @LeahBergen 😆👏🏾👏🏾 4w
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