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Creative Voice In Children's Literature
November 18, 2004
Katherine Paterson writer, 1998 Hans Christian Andersen Medal

Katherine Paterson talks about how stories written for children address the grown-up questions of good and evil, life and death, and about the author's struggle to find a transcendent voice that moves beyond entertainment without being didactic.

Culture & Identity | Literature & Philosophy
children's literature | literary education | morality | short stories | young adult novels | Children's | Fiction | Spirituality & Religion
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