What the Presidents Read: Childhood Stories and Family Favorites

Elizabeth N. Goodenough
Edited by Marianne Mitchell
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What the Presidents Read: Childhood Stories and Family Favorites

Elizabeth N. Goodenough
Edited by Marianne Mitchell
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560 PAGESENGLISH

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  • Published date: Jan 22, 2025
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 560
  • Publisher: Rowman
  • ISBN: 9781538177822
  • Dimensions: 6.0" W x 1.0" L x 9.0" H
Elizabeth Goodenoughhas taught at Harvard, Claremont McKenna, and the University of Michigan's Residential College, School of Education, and School of Information. Her books includeSecret Spaces of Childhood (University of Michigan Press);Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War;andInfant Tongues: The Voice of the Child in Literature(Wayne State University Press). She helped produce the award-winning PBS documentary, Where Do the Children Play? and authored companion volumesA Study Guide to the FilmandA Place for Play. A recent member of the Children's Literature Association's critical book and Phoenix Award committees, she now serves on the advisory boards ofThe Michigan Quarterly Reviewand the Max Courage Curriculum.Marilynn S. Olsonhas been professor and director of Advanced Studies in English at Texas State University. She was associate editor and then editor of the Children's Literature Association Quarterly from 1991-2000; her recent book (2012) isChildren's Culture and the Avant-Garde: Painting in Paris 1890-1915. Recent chapters include "John Ruskin and the Mutual Influences of Children's Literature and the Avant-Garde" for Elina Druker and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer'sChildren's Literature and the Avant-Garde(2015) and "Art History and the Picturebook" for theRoutledge Companion to the Picturebook(2018). Olson has also co-authored a number of articles on astronomy, art, and literature with her husband, Donald Olson.
Perhaps nothing more profoundly influences an individual than the books read in childhood. America has been blessed with readers who became our leaders. Goodenough and Olson have done a great service. Their remarkable book ambitiously sets out to prove how deeply childrenrsquo;s literature has helped shape the minds and souls of those who have guided our nation through war and peace. And I for one am grateful for it.

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