What Great Books Do For Children
In an excerpt from his memoir "A Life in the 20th Century," Schlesinger, a historian, discusses how he became a reader in his life, and why children's literature is valuable. Children's books tell children what they unconsciously know--that human nature sn not innately good, that...
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