Shirley J. Juvenile Literature The stories behind several juvenile titles
The Stories Behind the Stories by Danielle Higley 96 pages
I love this book! It gives so much information about the 29 children's books discussed here. The reader will get the scoop on the author and how they came to write the particular story, tidbits and trivia about the stories and authors like how J. R. R. Tolkien didn't like his friend C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia because Lewis mixed angels and Norse mythology along with talking animals and war references and had so much going on from so many sources Tolkien thought it utter chaos! Critics. Or J. K. Rowling who began writing her first Harry Potter book on the train home from work, or Theodor Seuss Geisel, Dr. Seuss as we know him, who wrote Green Eggs and Ham on a bet. So many fun facts to learn about the authors, the stories they wrote that are found in this book and bits of history of the times when they wrote their stories. I enjoyed this book and I think most people of 3rd or 4th grade on up would.
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