About this title: The "New York Times Magazine" called Bloom "a colossus among critics . . . his enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant." In this enchanting anthology, Bloom brings his love of literature to the younger generation as he presents favorite poems and stories by well-known children's writers, and introduces works by authors better known for their adult classics.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0684868741 **Softcover**--Exact ISBN Match--Very mild shelf wear. No personalizations, writing or marks in the text. Absolutely no spine creasing. Ships Quickly-IN STOCK-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2001-10-02
ISBN-13:9780684868738ISBN:0684868733
Description: Very Good. Hardcover with DJ, Text & pages are clean and unmarked, very top tips of about 6 pages have little crimp, No remainder marks, Firm binding, read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2002-09-24
ISBN-13:9780684868745ISBN:0684868741
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Fine. 0684868741 Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black line on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 2001.
ISBN-13:9780684868738ISBN:0684868733
Description: Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 573 pages. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, moderately worn dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780684868745ISBN:0684868741
Description: New. Item is brand new. Just a bit of ever so slight shelf wear but it is new, crisp and unread! May have publishers remainder mark on the edge just to assure it is not returned to the store. Review: Apart from the Extremely Pompous title, and the heavy bent toward masculine authors, this collection of classics by the likes of Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, O. Henry, and Lewis Carroll is vastly impressive. And editor Harold Bloom does, of course, explain his title in the introduction. He believes ... read more
"If ever you need a book to read to your children this is it! It is a compilation of classic lit. geared to kids. Yeats, Carrol, Kipling etc. My kids LOVE hearing the rhythm of the language even if they don't understand all the words. Some of the short stories are laugh-out-loud funny like "The Remarkable Rocket" by Oscar Wilde. This is what children were reading a hundred years ago, why change now?"
"No lo leí completo porque lo saqué de la biblioteca y había que devolverlo. La selección de Bloom me pareció moralista, alejada de una visión lúdica de la literatura infantil. Encontré problemas con la traducción de algunos poemas que, siendo juegos de palabras, absurdos, rimas caprichosas, pierden el atractivo que de seguro tienen en su lengua original. El cuento de Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Testapluma", es un gran acierto en la selección: hermosamente triste."
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