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03408aam a2200421 i 4500 001 3EE4B14A0A6E11E9A262A00797128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180305t20182018nyua b 000 0 eng c 010 $a 2018002807 020 $a 0374310408 020 $a 9780374310400 035 $a (OCoLC)1027743742 040 $a PUL $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ABJ $d TCH $d QQ3 $d OQX $d MEU $d VP@ $d JQM $d DLC $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS490 $b .B43 2018 082 00 $a 810.9/9282 $2 23 100 1 $a Babbitt, Natalie, $e author. 245 10 $a Barking with the big dogs : $b on writing and reading books for children / $c Natalie Babbitt ; introduction by Katherine Applegate. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Farrar Straus Giroux, $c 2018. 300 $a xiii, 256 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a "A collection of essays and speeches by Natalie Babbitt" 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Happy endings? of course, and also joy (1970) -- The child as chimpanzee (1971) -- The great American novel for children-and why not? (1973) -- You must go home again (1978) -- Saying what you think (1981) -- The way we were-and weren't (1985) -- Something has to happen (1985) -- The roots and branches of fantasy (1986) -- Easy does it (1986) -- Metamorphoses (1987) -- A question from Justine (1987) -- The purpose of literature-and who cares? (1989) -- Darkness and light (1990) -- Protecting children's literature (1990) -- Beacons of light (1993) -- finding paths (1999) -- New world, no world (2001) -- We're all mad here. 520 $a "In this collection of essays and speeches written over the course of four decades, the beloved author of Tuck Everlasting explores what it was like to be a 'little dog' in the literary world, continually being asked to explain her choice to create books for young readers instead of doing something more serious for adults. Assembled by the author before her death, these pieces range far and wide in subject matter, from issues of responsibility when writing for children to the question of whether writers know what they are really saying -- and whether that matters. Babbitt offers incisive commentary on classic children's books as well as contemporary works, and reveals colorful insights into her published books and her own personal creative life. Some of the pieces gathered here were written to be spoken, and some were written to be read, yet in all of them Natalie Babbitt's distinctive voice comes through. It is the same voice we hear in her fiction: straightforward, a little droll, playful about serious things and serious about playful things. On every page, Barking with the Big Dogs exemplifies true reverence for children and an endless engagement with the challenge to write the books that shape them." -- $c From publisher's description. 546 $a Text in English. 650 0 $a Children's literature, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Children $x Books and reading. 700 1 $a Applegate, Katherine, $e author of introduction. 941 $a 4 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909052057.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702020333.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20190627010604.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20181228010408.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3EE4B14A0A6E11E9A262A00797128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search