The Haunted Wood - Sam Leith On the fly sheet to this book the blurb notes that 'the stories we read as children are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods, they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past - collective and individual, remembered and imagined - and invite us to dream up different futures.' In the book Sam Leith reveals the magic of childhood r4eading, from the ancient tales of Aesop through the Victorian and Edwardian golden age to the modern classics. He offers a humane portrait of a genre and celebrates the power of books to inspire and console entire generations. Hardback. 578 pages. Measurements: 16.2cm x 24cm x 5cm