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Reading them to sleep : storytelling and the invention of bedtime reading
Beauty, horror, and ignition power : can books change us?
"Now I lay me down to sleep" : brushes with death
The magic art of the great humbug : how to do things with words
Theaters for the imagination : what words can do to you.
Enchanted hunters : the power of stories in childhood by Maria Tatar. ISBN 9780393066012. Published by W. W. Norton in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.