A child's delight
(Book)

Collection of essays originally appearing as columns in the Washington post and the Los Angeles times.

Published for Dartmouth College.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161).

"Limiting his scope to those works already overlooked or in danger of slipping from view, Perrin leads us through a wide spectrum of fiction, ranging from stories for the very youngest listeners to nuanced novels for the adolescent reader. There is something here for every child: dolls and their houses; animals of varied talents and personalities; travels through time and space; romances promised, sometimes failed, sometimes realized; castles and battling warriors; magic of familiar as well as alien worlds; historical bits woven into textured stories. Richard Adams, Leslie Brooke, Arthur Conan Doyle, Wanda Gag, Rumer Godden, Anne Lindbergh, Hugh Lofting, Jean Merrill, Ernest Thompson Seton, Margery Sharp, Dodie Smith, and others know what if feels like to be a kid in an adult world. As does Noel Perrin - and so will the readers of A Child's Delight."--Jacket.

Also issued online.

BSLW RECAT 2023