The child that books built / Francis Spufford.
Material type:
TextPublisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2018Description: 214 pages ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0571346790
- 9780571346790
- Spufford, Francis, 1964- -- Books and reading
- Children -- Books and reading -- Great Britain
- Teenagers -- Books and reading -- Great Britain
- Books and reading -- Psychological aspects
- Children's literature -- Psychological aspects
- Young adult literature -- Psychological aspects
- Fiction -- Psychological aspects
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 028.5509 S772 | Available | 33111009288487 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Child that Books Built is Francis Spufford's celebrated memoir and investigation into childhood and reading.
Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2002.
"Fairy tales and Where the Wild Things Are, The Lord of the Rings and the Narnia books, Little House on the Prairie and The Earthsea Trilogy. What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood? Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness, in this widely celebrated memoir of a boy who retreats into books, faced with a tragedy in his family."--Provided by publisher.