Trickster's Choice | Tamora Pierce
In the following excerpt, Pierce herself likens fantastic literature to "fuel" essential for the imaginations of young minds.
Tamora Pierce
In the following excerpt, Pierce herself likens fantastic literature to "fuel" essential for the imaginations of young minds.
I wonder why readers choose to read fantasy; rather, I wonder why more of them don't. Until they reach school age, children are offered little else on almost a continuous basis. The groundwork for a love of the fanciful is laid by children's literature, from A. A. Milne to Dr. Seuss, and from Curious George to Max and his Wild Things.
Once children enter school, however, emphasis shifts from imaginative...
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