What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-Ups from Children's Books
- ISBN-10
- 1565124510
- ISBN-13
- 9781565124516
- Series
- What the Dormouse Said
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 146
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
Description
A collection of words of wisdom features incisive quotations from children's books--including Charlotte's Web, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Sounder, and Goodnight Moon--all arranged by topic, including faith, imagination, character, acceptance, sadness, goodness, greed, wisdom, and growing old. Reprint.
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- 2004-10-01
- 160 pages
- Ebook
- Algonquin Books
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- 2006
- 310 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin Group USA
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- 2005-04-21
- 336 pages
- Ebook
- Penguin
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- 2005
- 310 pages
- Paperback
- Viking Penguin
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