The book that made me / Book that made me : a collection of 32 personal stories. edited by Judith Ridge. - First U.S. edition. - xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Shaun Tan asks, why do you read? / feverish desire to possess / Twelve reasons / short leap / "What happens next?" / great sense of unease / Hooked (and a bit unsettled) / Thwack! / Becoming human / Looking where I'm standing / This world is more than what can be seen / What the doctor recommended / Of magic and memory / big Scooby-Doo reveal / Sweet dreams and social fails / Every disgusting detail / Challenging the machinations of racism / Invested with enchantment / It looks like a comic / My first reader / In folded arms / What would Edith do? / Putting the world to rights / Beyond the influence / sense of resolution / Only white people lived in books / Set my senses alight / Happy endings / You'll go blind: a cautionary tale about the power of reading / Ingenious decisions / James remembering / Seeing red / Shaun Tan -- Randa Abdel-Fattah -- Markus Zusak -- Cathy Cassidy -- Will Kostakis -- Mandy Hager -- Shaun Tan -- Fiona Wood -- Bernard Beckett -- Felicity Castagna -- Ambelin Kwaymullina -- Queenie Chan -- Kate Constable -- Rachael Craw -- Simmone Howell -- Benjamin Law -- Jared Thomas -- Alison Croggon -- Mal Peet -- Ursula Dubosarsky -- Cath Crowley -- Emily Maguire -- Catherine Mayo -- Ted Dawe -- Simon French -- Catherine Johnson -- Sue Lawson -- Brigid Lowry -- Julia Lawrinson -- Sue McPherson -- James Roy -- Jaclyn Moriarty. A A The The A

Essays by popular children's authors reveal the books that shaped their personal and literary lives, explaining how the stories they loved influenced them creatively, politically, and intellectually.

ISBN: 9780763695491 9780763696719

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Authors--Books and reading--Juvenile literature.
Books and reading--Juvenile literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: Z1039.A87 / B664 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 028/.9