# The Child that Books Built

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- Authors: [Francis Spufford](https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-spufford)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2018-10-04
- Genres: Biography: general, Autobiography: general, Reportage, journalism or collected columns

## Description

''Anyone who reads or ever read children''s books - read this. It''s a joy.'' Irish Times ''Exhilarating.'' New York Times Book Review ''Sublime.'' Peter Ackroyd, The Times ** An Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian and Irish Times Book of the Year. ** What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood? In The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford revisits all those childhood obsessions: fairy tales; Where the Wild Things Are; The Lord of the Rings; The Chronicles of Narnia; Little House on the Prairie; The Wind in the Willows; The Earthsea Trilogy and more. In these treasured tales Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness – the thrill as worlds of imagination opened up before him mixed with the memories of a boy who retreated into books when faced with a family tragedy.

## Editions

### The Child that Books Built

- Publisher: Faber AND Faber
- ISBN: 978-05-7134-679-0
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2018-10-04
- Language: en_US