Feeling Like a Kid

Jerry Griswold is the director of the National Center for the Study of Children's Literature and a professor of English and comparative literature at San Diego State University. He is the author of several books and more than two hundred published articles.

A delight both to read and to hold in one's hand, this is a splendid book with beautiful binding, end papers, paper, cover, and typeface, and 30 illustrations reproduced in lavish color . . . Essential. All adult lovers and students of children's literature. -- "Choice" A visually sumptuous book, stunningly appointed and lovely to behold, one that is well-designed for its intended reading audience: the general public. --Roberta Seelinger Trites "Children's Literature Association Quarterly" Beautifully illustrated. -- "Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature" Each chapter sheds light on childhood in general; taken as a whole the book effectively contrasts how children and adults experience the world in different ways. -- "Baltimore Magazine" Insightful and engaging work of original scholarship . . . so lively and so engagingly written that it will appeal to and engage the imaginations of all readers who have even a passing interest in the literature of childhood. -- "Booklist" This is one of the most beautifully produced books on children's literature I have ever seen . . . it certainly raises a number of provocative issues in a delightful way. --David Rudd "International Research Society for Children's Literature" What is striking at first sight . . . is the beautiful production of the book as an artifact. --Karin Lesnik-Oberstein "American Book Review" Written in the crisp, bright manner of a yet-to-be-disillusioned graduate student happening upon an exciting new subject for the first time, combined with the sage irony and impeccable background of a full-fledged academic expert. -- "Rain Taxi"