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Mostly about books. Not always about books. Probably a lot about older books and children's literature.

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  1. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    Are children’s books bad? On Make Believe by Mac Barnett (opens the original)

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    Make Believe by Mac Barnett was posted to me months ago. I was happy to receive it, wondering if the publicist who decided to send it to me was doing so because I’m a children’s writer, or because I’m a critic, or both. I want to think the reason is weighted towards the former because I’m proud to write for kids — and that’s sort of why Barnett wrote his “grand unifying theory of children’s literature”, to set some misconceptions straight.Barnett’s book sat on the top of my pile looking very app

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