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Barking with the Big Dogs: On Writing and Reading Books for Children
Contributor(s): Babbitt, Natalie (Author)

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 ISBN: 0374310408     ISBN-13: 9780374310400
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
OUR PRICE: $22.94  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: November 2018
* Out of Print *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Literary Collections | Speeches
- Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature
Dewey: 810.992
LCCN: 2018002807
Age Level: 0-UP
Grade Level: PreK-UP
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" L (1.20 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2018
Booklist 10/01/2018 pg. 8
BookPage 12/01/2018
School Library Journal 12/01/2018 pg. 94
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2019 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2019 pg. 155
 
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Publisher Description:
In this collection of essays and speeches written over the course of four decades, beloved storyteller Natalie Babbitt explores what it was like to be a "little dog" in the literary world, continually being forced to justify her choice to write books for children--instead of doing something more serious. Babbitt offers incisive commentary on classic children's books as well as contemporary works, and reveals colorful insights into her own personal creative life. Filled with a voice that rings with truth, wisdom, and humor across the years, the essays gathered in Barking with the Big Dogs exemplify on every page true reverence for children and an endless engagement with the challenge to write the books that shape them.

Contributor Bio(s): Babbitt, Natalie: - Artist and writer Natalie Babbitt (1932-2016) is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting and many other brilliantly original books for young people. As the mother of three small children, she began her career in 1966 by illustrating The Forty-Ninth Magician, written by her husband, Samuel Babbitt. She soon tried her own hand at writing, publishing two picture books in verse. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, was published in 1969 and established her reputation for creating magical tales with profound meaning. Kneeknock Rise earned Babbitt a Newbery Honor in 1971, and she went on to write--and often illustrate--many more picture books, story collections, and novels. She also illustrated the five volumes in the Small Poems series by Valerie Worth. In 2002, Tuck Everlasting was adapted into a major motion picture, and in 2016 a musical version premiered on Broadway. Born and raised in Ohio, Natalie Babbitt lived her adult life in the Northeast.
 
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