The book that made me
Title:
The book that made me
Author:
Ridge, Judith, editor.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
©2016
Physical Description:
xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:
Essays by popular children's authors reveal the books that shaped their personal and literary lives, explaining how the stories they loved influenced them creatively, politically, and intellectually.
General Note:
Includes index.
"A collection of 32 personal stories"--Cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
Shaun Tan asks, why do you read? / A feverish desire to possess / Twelve reasons / "What happens next?" / The great sense of unease / Hooked (and a bit unsettled) / Thwack! / Becoming human / Looking where I'm standing / This world is more than what can be seen / What the doctor recommended / Of magic and memory / The big Scooby-Doo reveal / Sweet dreams and social fails / Every disgusting detail / Challenging the machinations of racism / Invested with enchantment / It looks like a comic / My first reader / In folded arms / What would Edith do? / Putting the world to rights / Beyond the influence / A sense of resolution / Only white people lived in books / Set my senses alight / Happy endings / You'll go blind: a cautionary tale about the power of reading / Ingenious decisions / James remembering / Seeing red
Reading Level:
Ages 14 and up.
Subject Term:
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780763695491
9780763696719
Format :
Book
