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A review by blakeney_clark
Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books by Clare Pollard
informative
medium-paced
4.75
10/10 Best book I’ve read this year.
In it, Pollard talks about the stories behind popular children’s picture books and in light of this, offers new readings of them. I particularly liked the segments on the Mr Men books, The Lorax and Not Now Bernard, all so much darker than I remember them being. The books are grouped thematically (there are sections on sausages and poo for instance) in order to unpick why these books are so formative to us and what their role is. I am in awe of how much research Pollard draws on and her amazing witty yet sentimental writing style which seamlessly brings everything together, gahh I could go on and on.
Off to re-read all my old children's books..
In it, Pollard talks about the stories behind popular children’s picture books and in light of this, offers new readings of them. I particularly liked the segments on the Mr Men books, The Lorax and Not Now Bernard, all so much darker than I remember them being. The books are grouped thematically (there are sections on sausages and poo for instance) in order to unpick why these books are so formative to us and what their role is. I am in awe of how much research Pollard draws on and her amazing witty yet sentimental writing style which seamlessly brings everything together, gahh I could go on and on.
Off to re-read all my old children's books..