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Wee folk, not twee folk

Cathrin Hagey — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 03:23:15 +0000

From the wee folk of long ago (fairies, leprechauns, pixies…) to Hans Christian Andersen’s Thumbelina, and to Mary Norton’s The Borrowers, sentient beings of very small size have fascinated, delighted, and horrified us, but they never fail to capture our attention. In writing this piece I discovered there are far more books about wee folk […]

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Stuart Little’s Quiet Champion

Cathrin Hagey — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:50:50 +0000

A great American essayist and literary stylist wrote a book for children, and a deluge of scornful criticisms followed. Was the book offensive? Would it cause children to rebel against parental authority? Apparently not, but E.B. White’s first work of fiction for children, Stuart Little, was greeted with more acrimony than was the fictional mouse-child […]

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