Kiddie Lit: The Cultural Construction of Children's Literature in America Review

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(More customer reviews)Clark's text is scholarly without alienating the non-scholar. Using familiar authors and texts from the 19th and 20th Centuries, and a super-abundance of critical and popular responses to those texts, she illustrates the rise, fall, and reascension of children's literature as a respected pursuit. Her list of sources is unfathomable; my only occasional complaint was a feeling of, "all right, already, I was sold several quotes ago."

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Harry Potter ~ Audio Cassettes Books 1-5 ~ Review

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(More customer reviews)These are pretty much fantastic. The books are light enough to lend themselves to long, quiet, car trips -- and are even enhanced by to the fantastic reading skills of Jim Dale. Each book you work through you will think, "Man, I hope this guy reads the rest of these books." Luckily he does. His ability to project distinctly different voices, while still reading the material as written, and not simply becoming a dramatic interpretation is phenomenal. This set delivers the goods, and are listenable for adults as much as for kids. (If you love this narrator, and I'm sure you will, check out his absolutely pitch perfect reading of the classic Peter Pan. I had no idea of the power and brilliance of the original book. Sadly, I simply thought of it as a simple little kids book, but in reality is it a poignantly beautiful masterpiece that, like these Harry Potter tapes, will be listened to by your kids over and over. You will not regret the purchase.

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