Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature

Author/Contributor(s):	Lurie, Alison
Publisher:	Back Bay Books
Date:	07/20/1998
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In sixteen spirited essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, who is also one of our wittiest and most astute cultural commentators, explores the world of children's literature--from Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain to Beatrix Potter--and shows that the best-loved children's books tend to challenge rather than uphold respectable adult values.