The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading
- ISBN-10
- 0312421842
- ISBN-13
- 9780312421847
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-12
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Francis Spufford
Description
The author offers a sensitive, loving tribute to reading, arguing that his favorite books have created his identity, from The Wind in the Willows to the Narnia Chronicles and The Little House on the Prairie. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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