Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
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Copyright © 2018 by the Estate of Natalie Babbitt
Introduction copyright © 2018 by Katherine Applegate
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First hardcover edition, 2018
eBook edition, November 2018
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Babbitt, Natalie, author.
Title: Barking with the big dogs: on writing and reading books for children / Natalie Babbitt.
Description: First edition. | New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [2018] | “A collection of essays and speeches by Natalie Babbitt”
Identifiers: LCCN 2018002807 | ISBN 9780374310400 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Children’s literature, American—History and criticism. | Children—Books and reading.
Classification: LCC PS490 B43 2018 | DDC 810.9/9282—dc23
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