Black Squirrel Club

Profs and Pints Philadelphia presents: “The Grim(m) and Glorious Story of Children's Lit,” on the history of tales that stick with us well into adulthood, with Melissa Jensen, award-winning lecturer in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania and scholar of Children's Literature, the Gothic, and adolescence in media and society. Just about every single one of us can quickly invoke a favorite or personally influential children’s book. We can finish nursery rhyme lines and almost instinctively sing along with songs from countless Disney films. But what do we really know about the body of literature that played such a