Bruce Handy

Bruce Handy is the author of Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult and the forthcoming Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies. He has also written four picture books, most recently There Was a Shadow, illustrated by Lisk Feng.

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  1. The Paradox of Peanuts

    Charles Schulz’s kid characters are precocious, cruel, and nihilistic. They’re also among the most compelling in children’s literature.

    Schroeder, Franklin, Linus, and Charlie Brown look discouraged.
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