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In 1690, the dour New Britain Primer, regarded as the first American children's booklet, was publicized in Boston. Offering children gems of advice such as "make an effort to learn" and "be not really a dunce", it was no fun by any means. So how performed we get from there to "allow outdoors rumpus start"? And today that we're residing in a golden get older of children's books, what can individuals get out of reading Where the Crazy Things Are and Goodnight Moon or Charlotte's Web and Little House on the Prairie? In Crazy Things, Vanity Fair adding editor Bruce Handy revisits the classics of every American child years, from fairy stories to The Very Famished Caterpillar, and explores the back stories of these creators, using context and biography to comprehend how some of the most insightful, creative, and witty creators and illustrators of these times created their often deeply personal masterpieces. On the way Handy learns what The Feline in the Hat says about anarchy and absentee parenting, which themes are shared by The Runaway Bunny and Portnoy's Grievance, and just why Ramona Quimby is really as true an American icon as Tom Sawyer or Jay Gatsby.
