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Boys and Girls Forever : Children's Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter

Boys and Girls Forever : Children's Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter Paperback - 2002

by Alison Lurie

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lurie explores children's classics from many eras and relates them to the authors who wrote them--from "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott to Salman Rushie--and shows how these gifted writers used children's literature to transfigure the struggles of their own experiences.

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Penguin Publishing Group, 2002. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Boys and Girls Forever : Children's Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter
  • Author Alison Lurie
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 2002
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0142002526I2N00
  • ISBN 9780142002520 / 0142002526
  • Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.33 x 0.54 in (20.37 x 13.54 x 1.37 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's stories, English - History and, Children's stories, American - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002030815
  • Dewey Decimal Code 820.992

Summary

Are some of the world's most talented children's book authors essentially children themselves? In this engaging series of essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alison Lurie considers this theory, exploring children's classics from many eras and relating them to the authors who wrote them, including Little Women author Louisa May Alcott and Wizard of Oz author Frank Baum, as well as Dr. Seuss and Salman Rushdie. Analyzing these and many others, Lurie shows how these gifted writers have used children's literature to transfigure sorrow, nostalgia, and the struggles of their own experiences.

From the publisher

Alison Lurie is the author of many highly praised novels, including The War Between the Tates, The Truth About Lorin Jones (Prix Femina Etranger), and Foreign Affairs (Pulitzer Prize for fiction). Her most recent book was Familiar Spirits. She teaches writing, folklore, and literature at Cornell University.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/15/2002, Page 562
  • New York Review of Books, 03/27/2003, Page 4
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/02/2002, Page 45
  • Women's Review of Books, 04/01/2003, Page 8

About the author

Alison Lurie is the author of many highly praised novels, including The War Between the Tates, The Truth About Lorin Jones (Prix Femina Etranger), and Foreign Affairs (Pulitzer Prize for fiction). Her most recent book was Familiar Spirits. She teaches writing, folklore, and literature at Cornell University.

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