- Published: 1 August 2019
- ISBN: 9780241988534
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $27.99
Fierce Bad Rabbits
The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books
- Published: 1 August 2019
- ISBN: 9780241988534
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $27.99
When I read Fierce Bad Rabbits, I thought, why has no one written this book before? But Clare Pollard has done so superbly - it is perceptive, illuminating, scholarly but at the same time entertaining. It should be essential reading for every thinking parent
Penelope Lively
Delightful. As good a guide as you could hope for. It will make you think again about why you loved the children's stories that mean so much to you, and it will lead you to new discoveries too. . . A happy reconnection to the serious joys of childhood
Harper's Bazaar
This book is a happy way to reconnect with old friends
Times
An enlightening, perceptive analysis of the books that build us
Sunday Telegraph, 5 star review
Most people's primal cultural memory is that of being read to by a parent. This is a phenomenon most sensitively and intelligently explored in Fierce Bad Rabbits
Daily Telegraph
A gem . . . hard to put down. The combination of vast scholarly research and witty writing makes for a thoroughly enjoyable book. Pollard has managed to dissect all our favourite stories with her scalpel, while leaving their magic intact
Spectator
Pollard is a poet, and her prose is stunning . . . she writes with a joy that is luminous. Essential reading for anyone with a child, or who ever was a child
i
Pollard so delicately enters into the world of [picture books] that the reader feels they are rediscovering once-loved landscapes
New Statesman
Excellent
Daily Mail Book of the Week
A celebration of picture books and their artists to spark your own childhood memories
Evening Standard