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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: The haunted wood : a history of childhood reading / Sam Leith.
Names: Leith, Sam, author.
Description: Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20240414225 | Canadiana (ebook) 20240414233 |
ISBN 9781998365098 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781998365104 (EPUB)
Subjects: LCSH: Children’s literature—History and criticism. |
LCSH: Children’s literature—Appreciation.
Classification: LCC PN1009.A1 L45 2024 | DDC 809/.89282—dc23
ISBN 978-1-998365-09-8
eBook 978-1-998365-10-4