{"product_id":"the-child-that-books-built-a-life-in-reading-paperback","title":"The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancis Spufford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Child That Books Built, \u003c\/i\u003e this extended love letter to children's books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his father, his school. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReading made him who he is. To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia\u003c\/i\u003e. He recreates the excitement of discovery, writing joyfully of the moment when fuzzy marks on a page become words. Weaving together child development, personal reflection, and social observation, Spufford shows the force of fiction in shaping a child: how stories allow for escape from pain and mastery of the world, how they shift our boundaries of the sayable, how they stretch the chambers of our imagination.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Spufford \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several highly praised books of nonfiction, including his debut, \u003ci\u003eI May Be Some Time, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Nonfiction Book of 1996, the Banff Mountain Book Prize, and a Somerset Maugham Award. It was followed by \u003ci\u003eThe Child That Books Built\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBackroom Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Plenty\u003c\/i\u003e (translated into nine languages), and \u003ci\u003eUnapologetic\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003e Golden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Costa First Novel Award. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He teaches writing at Goldsmiths College and lives near Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 213\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.78 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985728569645,"sku":"9780312421847","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/TWpER0NvTTVyUTJkZVFHVVJOSUJ5Zz09.webp?v=1776138703","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-child-that-books-built-a-life-in-reading-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}