Book Buzz: Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell
“I think we have been embarrassed by the idea of children’s fiction since children’s fiction began. Martin Amis famously said, ‘People ask me if I ever write a children’s book, and I say, ‘if I had a serious brain injury, then I might write a children’s book.’ But my argument would be not only the children deserve a very finest work, because every time you write for a child, you might be writing someone for whom you are the first book they have ever read in its entirety, but also the greatest children’s books can speak to us about huge themes like power, endurance, fear, faith, care, love, doubt, passion.”
― Katherine Rundell, Interview, WBUR
What booksellers are saying about Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
- Katherine Rundell explains in a non-judgemental tone how important it is for us all to read children’s literature. This long essay in book form can be read in one sitting, and is well worth your time.
― Daniel, Pearl’s Books, Fayetteville, Arkansas | BUY
- After you read this tiny tome, you may find yourself wandering to your keeper shelf from childhood or the children’s department of your favorite indie bookstore.
― Rae Ann, Parnassus Books, Nashville, Tennessee | BUY
- A wonderful little essay/ novella that reassures those of us who still love Children’s Lit that we’re not off base.
― Liz, Columbus Bound Bookshop, Columbus, Georgia | BUY
- What a wonderful and succinct reminder that reading is an essential joy! And it all began with those children’s books we loved when we were young.
― Christina, The Snail on the Wall, Huntsville, Alabama | BUY
About Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Impossible Creatures series. Her other books for children include Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, and The Good Thieves. For adult readers, Rundell has written Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures and Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. She was the recipient of the British Book Award for Book of the Year and Author of the Year. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.
