The Child and the Book: A Psychological and Literary Exploration

by Nicholas Tucker

Book Overview

Children's responses to literature are equally fascinating from the psychological and the literary point of view. Nicholas Tucker's exploratory study traces the relationship between the child and the book using both these perspectives, from the baby's first picture book to the moment when the adolescent reader takes up adult literature. In addition, it examines critically arguments for extra care and censorship in the selection of books for children,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521398355
• ISBN13: 9780521398350
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"