5/13/2023 0 Comments Wild Things by Bruce HandyIt’s a convivial performance sure to please anyone with a fondness for classic children’s books. Bruce Handy is currently a contributing editor of Vanity Fair. He has a consistent cadence like that of a professional narrator that keeps the prose moving along but is tinged with youthful exuberance, which proves essential as he narrates passages from the stories or discusses his children’s or his own initial reactions. WILD THINGS: THE JOY OF READING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AS AN ADULT By Bruce Handy Simon & Schuster, 26, 336 pages Some people believe children’s books are only written for, and read by. In narrating, Handy clearly communicates his enthusiasm for rereading the books listeners can easily imagine him sitting next to his children’s bed reading to them. In each chapter, he explores a specific book, its background, related titles, and what he considers the most poignant elements of the story. Night Moon and Where the Wild Things Are and series such as the Oz, Narnia, and Ramona Quimby books. He discusses classic picture books such as Good. Wild Things The Joy of Reading Childrens Literature as an Adult. Reading his book in a friendly and welcoming voice, Handy revisits classic children’s literature from his youth and considers the staying power of each as he reads them to his own children. Wild Things by Bruce Handy - An irresistible, nostalgic, insightfuland consistently intelligent and funny (The New York Times Book Review). A clear-eyed love letter to the greatest childrens books and authors from Louisa May Alcott and L.
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