The thorny paradise : writers on writing for children / edited by Edward Blishen.

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Other Authors: Blishen, Edward, 1920-1996 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harmondsworth, Eng. : Penguin Books, 1975.
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Table of Contents:
  • The revolution in children's literature / Geoffrey Trease
  • Why write? Why write for children? / Catherine Storr
  • On firm ground / John Gordon
  • A free gift / Joan Aiken
  • Children? What children? / C. Walter Hodges
  • Seeing green / Jill Paton Walsh
  • The imprisoned child / Nina Bawden
  • Thoughts on being and writing / Russell Hoban
  • Mrs. Hookaneye and I / Jane Gardam
  • Bookmaker and punter / Leon Garfield
  • This fear of dragons / Ursula Le Guin
  • Lost summer / Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Poetry mosaic: some reflections on writing verse for children / Ian Serraillier
  • Discovering the pattern / Penelope Farmer
  • Ancient and modern and incorrigibly plural / Helen Cresswell
  • One thumping lie only / Nicholas Fisk
  • On not writing a proper book / K.M. Peyton
  • The last lord of Redhouse Castle / Mollie Hunter
  • Writing a book: A dog so small / Philippa Pearce
  • Writing a book: Goodnight, Prof, Love / John Rowe Townsend
  • The thorny paradise / Barbara Willard
  • Some ingredients of Watership down / Richard Adams.