Download or read book Playing with Books written by John Morgenstern and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-03-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a history of children's literature, an analysis of the modern conception of childhood, a study of the stylistics of children's literature, and a rhetorical examination of children's novels. All these are connected by a thesis exploring the nature of children's play and what it reveals about children's biological nature and the nature of their literature. "--Provided by publisher.