{"product_id":"the-child-that-books-built-a-life-in-reading-9780312421847","title":"The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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. Reading 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312421847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.31w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2004 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Francis Spufford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635872886940,"sku":"9780312421847","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1356cce8-8042-4fab-b881-c274c171d200.jpg?v=1603840755","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-child-that-books-built-a-life-in-reading-9780312421847","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}