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rhymeswithjulia's review
5.0
As a kindergarten teacher, this book is an ode to all the book I loved as a child and now as a teacher, with some new titles as well! I loved hearing the stories behind some best loved books, such as Where the Wild Things Are and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Pollard weaves in her own experiences of reading with her children as well memories of being read to as a child. Overall an excellent read for anyone who loves children's literature.
Quotes:
When we are small, the stories adults tell us shape our world, our selves, our memories. The stories they choose to tell about our childhood, in a way, become our childhood.
I wanted to be free but I kept biting my tongue. It occurred to me that this is what adulthood is.
Yet we often fail to teach our children that 'good' is not something we are but something we do.
When you love a small child, for a little while at least, their joy can be entirely within your gift... happy endings cost a few pence, are two-a-penny
Quotes:
When we are small, the stories adults tell us shape our world, our selves, our memories. The stories they choose to tell about our childhood, in a way, become our childhood.
I wanted to be free but I kept biting my tongue. It occurred to me that this is what adulthood is.
Yet we often fail to teach our children that 'good' is not something we are but something we do.
When you love a small child, for a little while at least, their joy can be entirely within your gift... happy endings cost a few pence, are two-a-penny
denasquirrel's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I picked this up as an early childhood educator who spends lots of time reading children’s books. Interesting to know the stories behind some familiar children’s stories. Some were surprising and darker than I thought. Would recommend to other ECEs and anyone who is curious about the major themes and stories behind some children’s books.
thecommonswings's review
5.0
A glorious book: part history, part memoir, part academic essay, part polemic for why picture books are so important. Pollard is a wonderful writer - to the extent that you can almost hear her talking to you, guiding you through centuries of writers and ideas - and manages to delicately negotiate through well loved classics whilst also showing you new ways to think about them. She's also very funny and able to drop a huge amount of interesting facts without ever showing off. A wonderful book, a celebration but also an attempt to take the form seriously as an art. As someone who's basically dreamed of doing Picture Books for years it's made me even more determined. Shame there's no mention of the very greatest picture book of all time, The Story of Horace by Alice M Coats but maybe for the second edition?
prescriptionbooks's review
4.0
Absolutely fascinating to read. Love learning about the history of children's books.
emmax12's review
4.0
Absolutely fascinating to read. Love learning about the history of children's books.