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The Haunted Wood
A history of childhood reading. From a time to before writing to Harry Potter, Sam illuminates the history of children's literature. Bit of an emphasis on British/European perhaps?
This was great, but so tempting to jump ahead to where he discusses my favourite books eg Biggles, Willard Price, Arthur Ransome etc. I have just started re-reading The Once and Future King because he makes it sound so good - and it is!
Score: 8.5
Published: 2024
Read: February 20th 2025