Powling, Chris (Editor).

The Best of Books for Keeps. Highlights from the Leading Children’s Book Magazine.

London, The Bodley Head Children’s Books, 1994. Octavo. 15.7 cm x 24 cm. XI, 265 pages. With twenty black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to front and rear pastedown enpapers, endpapers, and pages throughout. Edges have minor foxing and discolouration. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator Erik C. Haugaard.

Includes for example the following chapters: Classics, Folk and Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen / On the Permanence of Pooh / What Makes a Children’s Classic? / Picture Books: The Flow of the Images / Writing Texts for Picture Books / Poetry: Sing a Song of Mother Goose / Authorgraph: Charles Causley / Information Books: Perfecting the Message / Some Fictions of Non-Fiction / The Birth of a Book / Who Reads Teenage Fiction? / Ten Golden Rules / On the Importance of Books in Schools / The Need for Story etc.

The Best of Books for Keeps is a magnificent celebration of the innovative, original and sometimes controversial articles that have been found in this ground-breaking magazine over the years. Covering a wealth of issues, from a lighthearted look at “The Permanence of Pooh” to an in-depth discussion of just what it is that makes a “children’s classic”, plus many encounters with favourite authors along the way, it is a treasured collection which should appeal to both children’s book lovers and casual readers alike. Contributors include Brian Alderson, Erick Hadley, Erik Christian Haugaard and Mary Hoffman. (From cover notes)

• Keywords: Book reviews · Books on Books · Children · Children’s Books · Children’s Literature · Children’s stories · Childrenbook · Erik Haugaard Collection · Erik Haugaard Collection of Children’s Literature · Illustrated Books · Illustrated Children’s Books · Illustration · Library & Collection Building · Writer’s Guide
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200239AB