Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 024135479X ISBN 13: 9780241354797

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2020

Riassunto

Di cosa parla davvero The Tiger Who Came to Tea? In che modo Meg e Mog sono imparentati con il ricamo polacco? E perché nei libri illustrati la morte implica l'essere mangiati? Fierce Bad Rabbits esplora le storie dietro i nostri libri illustrati preferiti, intrecciando i racconti delle letture infantili di Clare Pollard e la sua riscoperta dei classici come genitore. Perché i migliori libri illustrati sono molto più complessi di quanto sembrino, e anche più oscuri. I mostri possono divorare i bambini e passare inosservati, il potere non è sempre usato saggiamente e le creature selvagge sono più vicine di quanto pensi. ''Un gioiello. Difficile da mettere giù. Davvero piacevole'' Spectator ''Lettura essenziale per ogni genitore pensante'' Penelope Lively ''Un'analisi illuminante e perspicace dei libri che ci costruiscono'' Sunday Telegraph, recensione a 5 stelle stelle ''Un modo felice per riconnettersi con vecchi amici'' Times.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Clare Pollard is an award-winning poet and playwright based in London. She is the author of five poetry collections and the former Editor of the Modern Poetry in Translation magazine. Her first novel, Delphi , was published by Fig Tree in 2022. The Modern Fairies is her second novel.

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What is The Tiger Who Came to Tea really about?
What has Meg and Mog got to do with Polish embroidery?
Why is death in picture books so often represented by being eaten?

We've read Green Eggs and Ham, laughed at Mr Tickle and whetted our appetites with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. But what lies behind the picture books that make up our childhood?

Fierce Bad Rabbits takes us on an eye-opening journey in a pea-green boat through the history of picture books. From Edward Lear through to Beatrix Potter and contemporary picture books like Stick Man, Clare Pollard shines a light on some of our best-loved childhood stories, their histories and what they really mean. Because the best picture books are far more complex than they seem - and darker too. Monsters can gobble up children and go unnoticed, power is not always used wisely, and the wild things are closer than you think.

Sparkling with wit, magic and nostalgia, Fierce Bad Rabbits weaves in tales from Clare's own childhood, and her re-readings as a parent, with fascinating facts and theories about the authors behind the books. Introducing you to new treasures while bringing your childhood favourites to vivid life, it will make you see even stories you've read a hundred times afresh.

'When I read Fierce Bad Rabbits, I thought, why has no one written this book before? But Clare Pollard has done so superbly - it is perceptive, illuminating, scholarly but at the same time entertaining. It should be essential reading for every thinking parent' PENELOPE LIVELY

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 024135479X
• ISBN 13: 9780241354797
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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