Tag: Lloyd Alexander

  • Nostalgia: The good, the bad—and the children’s literature

    Nostalgia: The good, the bad—and the children’s literature

    Over the past couple years, I’ve revisited a few nostalgic favorites from my childhood. It all started in a used book shop in Nova Scotia, where I stumbled across Nancy Bond’s A String in the Harp. Honestly, it let me down a bit. The dialogue felt inauthentic, staged, and horribly adult. I still enjoyed it,…