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Kiera Vaclavik, The Conversation

How reading books aloud can draw us into intimacies

It can be more than merely sociable. It can be deeply seductive, forging intimate as well as community bonds.

Kiera Vaclavik, The Conversation
· Mar 03, 2021 · 05:30 pm
Many parents won’t read their children scary stories. Perhaps they shouldn’t be blamed

But what exactly counts as frightening in a children’s book?

Kiera Vaclavik, The Conversation
· Sep 04, 2016 · 05:30 am
Row over rare Beatrix Potter books to determine if childrens’ titles can be classic literature

Dispute over the multi-million dollar collection of first editions amassed by Maurice Sendak, author of children's classic 'Where the Wild Things Are', is heading to court.

Kiera Vaclavik, The Conversation
· Dec 22, 2014 · 04:30 am