{"product_id":"make-believe-on-telling-stories-to-children","title":"Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMake Believe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMac Barnett, the beloved, bestselling children's author and U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, urges us to think expansively about the potential of children's books-and the particular brilliance of young readers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat if children are a great audience for art?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat if humans' ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWell, then we'd better do our best to make some good kids' books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarnett has published more than 60 children's books, which have been translated into 30+ languages and have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide, winning many international prizes along the way. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMake Believe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis his incisive, intimate, and timely invitation to approach children's literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and criticism, but as a portal into the lives of the children. And at a time when we are faced with a national literacy crisis, he champions the profound joys of literature and the importance of reading for pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with humor and academic rigor, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMake Believe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reads like a letter from one's smartest and funniest friend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55814529876353,"sku":"9781806173143","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0244\/8444\/6286\/files\/macbarnett.png?v=1781796211","url":"https:\/\/shop.bl.uk\/products\/make-believe-on-telling-stories-to-children","provider":"British Library Online Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}