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Many of us will have our first encounter with strange, long, unfamiliar terms in the books of Beatrix Potter – ‘superfluous’, ‘implored’ and ‘affronted’ were just some that intrigued me as a small person – because she deliberately included at least one difficult word in each story. It takes us back to rhythm and rhyme: even when we don’t understand
... See moreLouise Willder • Blurb Your Enthusiasm: A Cracking Compendium of Book Blurbs, Writing Tips, Literary Folklore and Publishing Secrets
you likely know his classic children’s books on animals going rogue ( Stuart Little , Charlotte’s Web ).
E.B. White • Here is New York (1949)
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Henry David Thoreau. All good things are wild and free.
Matt Haig • The Midnight Library: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and worldwide phenomenon
Where the children’s story is simply the right form for what the author has to say, then of course readers who want to hear that, will read the story or re-read it, at any age... I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can... See more
C.S. Lewis on the Three Ways of Writing for Children and the Key to Authenticity in All Writing
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Christopher Paolini • To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
