“IfreadersaretocometoShakespeareandtoChekhov,toHenryJamesandtoJaneAusten,thentheyarebestpreparediftheyhavereadLewisCarrollandEdwardLear,RobertLouisStevensonandRudyardKipling,“writesHaroldBloominhisintroductiontothisenchantingandmuch-neededanthologyofexceptionalstoriesandpoemsselectedtoinspirealifelongloveofreading.Astelevision,videogames,andtheInternetthreatentodistractyoungpeoplefromthesolitarypleasuresofreading,Bloompresentsavolumethatwillamuse,challenge,andbeguilereaderswithitsmyriadvoicesandsubjects.Hereareoldfavoritesbybelovedwritersofchildren’sliterature,aswellasexcitingrediscoveriesandwonderfulworkspennedbywritersbetterknownfortheiradultclassics,suchasHermanMelville,LeoTolstoy,EdithWharton,andWaltWhitman.Encompassingthenaturalworldandthesupernatural;childhood,romance,anddeath;pets,wildanimals,andgoblins;mystery,adventure,andhumor;theselectionsreflectthepassionanderuditionofourmostreveredliterarycritic.Arrangedbyseason,StoriesandPoemsforExtremelyIntelligentChildrenofAllAgesisamust-haveanthology,suretodelightreadersyoungandoldforyearstocome.
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