Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Introduction by Katherine Applegate

Preface

Happy Endings? Of Course, and Also Joy (1970)

The Child as Chimpanzee (1971)

The Great American Novel for Children—and Why Not? (1973)

You Must Go Home Again (1978)

Saying What You Think (1981)

The Way We Were—and Weren’t (1985)

Something Has to Happen (1985)

The Roots—and Branches—of Fantasy (1986)

Easy Does It (1986)

Metamorphosis (1987)

A Question from Justine (1987)

The Purpose of Literature—and Who Cares? (1989)

Darkness and Light (1990)

Protecting Children’s Literature (1990)

Beacons of Light (1993)

Finding Paths (1999)

New World, No World (2001)

We’re All Mad Here (2004)

Notes

Books by Natalie Babbitt

About the Author

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