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A review by paperbacksandpines
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell
3.0
...Children's fiction necessitates distillation: at its best, it renders in their purest, most archetypal forms hope, hunger, joy, fear.
This book was a manifesto on why children's books are for everyone. I loved Rundell's critique of Martin Amis's critique of children's literature. She's correct. By demeaning it, he totally missed the essence of children's literature.
So it's to children's fiction that you turn if you want to feel awe and hunger and longing for justice...
This book was was simple but it packed a punch. I'd recommend it to any reader but especially those who are jaded and world weary and to those who think children's literature holds nothing of value for adult readers.
I will leave you with a quote from C.S. Lewis:
"A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest."
This book was a manifesto on why children's books are for everyone. I loved Rundell's critique of Martin Amis's critique of children's literature. She's correct. By demeaning it, he totally missed the essence of children's literature.
So it's to children's fiction that you turn if you want to feel awe and hunger and longing for justice...
This book was was simple but it packed a punch. I'd recommend it to any reader but especially those who are jaded and world weary and to those who think children's literature holds nothing of value for adult readers.
I will leave you with a quote from C.S. Lewis:
"A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest."