Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood

Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 0393066010
ISBN-13 : 9780393066012
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Book Synopsis Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood by : Maria Tatar

Download or read book Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood written by Maria Tatar and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tatar challenges the assumptions we make about childhood reading. By exploring how beauty and horror operate in children's literature, she examines how and what children read, showing how literature transports and transforms children with its intoxicating, captivating and occasionally terrifying energy.


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