{"product_id":"2026200016578-secondhand-the-cool-web-the-pattern-of-childrens-reading","title":"The Cool Web: The Pattern Of Children's Reading","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean for a child to truly read — not merely to decode symbols, but to enter wholly into the world a story creates? The Cool Web: The Pattern of Children's Reading presents a landmark collection of essays that investigates the complex relationship between children and literature, drawing together some of the most compelling critical voices of the twentieth century to examine how narrative shapes the developing mind. Editors Margaret Meek, Aidan Warlow, and Griselda Barton have assembled a rich and rigorous anthology that situates children's reading within broader frameworks of language acquisition, literary theory, and educational practice, making a powerful case for the centrality of story in human development.\n\nThe collection draws its evocative title from Robert Graves's poem, in which language is described as the cool web that allows us to process and survive raw experience — a metaphor that resonates throughout every essay gathered here. The contributors, ranging from psychologists and educators to literary critics and storytellers, argue that children's engagement with fiction is not a trivial pursuit but a fundamental act of meaning-making. Authoritative yet accessible, the work illuminates the invisible architecture of childhood reading with a clarity that challenges both scholars and practitioners to reconsider what we offer children when we place a book in their hands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49313643397339,"sku":"2026200016578-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/47c39677-2451-4e73-9b5c-6ac4bf9a500e.png?v=1789524916","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016578-secondhand-the-cool-web-the-pattern-of-childrens-reading","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}