The Haunted Wood - A History of Childhood Reading

*A Sunday Times, Irish Times, Financial Times, Independent, Daily Mail, TLS, Economist, Prospect, Evening Standard and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024*Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book?The stories we read as children matter. The best ones are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods, they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past - collective and individual, remembered and imagined - and invite us to dream up different futures.In a pioneering history of the children's literary canon, The Haunted Wood reveals the magic of childhood reading, from the ancient tales of Aesop, through the Victorian and Edwardian golden age to new classics. Excavating the complex lives of our most beloved writers, Sam Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre and celebrates the power of books to inspire and console entire generations.***'A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMAN'A DELIGHT' JULIA DONALDSON'GLORIOUSLY ENTERTAINING' TOM HOLLAND

Product details

• Authors: Sam Leith, Leith Sam
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 04.09.2025
• EAN: 9781836430407
• ISBN: 978-1-83643-040-7
• No. of pages: 592
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, 21st Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Holidays & seasonal interest, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Biography: writers, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Children's & teenage literature studies, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Relating to childhood, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, World Book Day, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General