Thursday, February 8th, 2024

2024/015: Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise — Katherine Rundell
...children’s fiction necessitates distillation: at its best, it renders in their purest, most archetypal forms hope, hunger, joy, fear. Think of children’s books as literary vodka. [loc. 127]

Rundell's essay on the experience of reading children's books as an adult, and rediscovering the hope, the subversion, the miracles that overcome chaos. Read more... )

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