Stories And Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages - Softcover

"The New York Times Magazine Harold Bloom is "a colossus among critics....His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant." Michael Pakenham "The Baltimore Sun" Bloom, one of this nation's premier intellects, draws together and makes sense of the purpose of the smartest, most enduring tales and poetry written primarily for children. The result is delightful reading. John Mark Eberhart "The Kansas City Star" This volume...should indeed be shared by the generations. "The New York Times Magazine" A colossus among critics.... His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant. "The New York Times Magazine"Harold Bloom is "a colossus among critics....His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant."

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. He has written more than twenty books, including The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and How to Read and Why. He is a MacArthur Prize fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Criticism. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City.