A review by rhymeswithjulia
Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books by Clare Pollard
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