In Don't Tell the Grown-Ups, one of our wittiest and most astute cultural commentators explores the world of children's literature -- from Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss, from classic fairy tales to A.A. Milne, from Beatrix Potter to J.R.R. Tolkien -- and shows that many of the most...
A collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, exploring the ways in which childhood folklore and children's literature tend to overturn, rather than uphold, respectable values.