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The child that books built : a life in reading

Author: Francis Spufford
Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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In this extended love letter to children's books, and the wonders they perform, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as "The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie," and the Narnia chronicles.
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Named Person: Francis Spufford
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Francis Spufford
ISBN: 0805072152 9780805072150
OCLC Number: 50034806
Notes: Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2002.
Description: 213 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Confessions of an English fiction eater --
Forest --
Island --
Town --
Hole.
Responsibility: Francis Spufford.
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In this extended love letter to children's books, and the wonders they perform, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as "The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie," and the Narnia chronicles.

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