Ray Bradbury Centennial post August 8, 2020

Daily Ray Bradbury Centennial Post. Another aspect of Ray Bradbury's irrepressible creativity was his delight in writing children's books. I count a dozen, several adapted from his short stories, some poems. His name could command the best of illustrators. What made sense about these forays into a field that not many mainstream writers succeed in is that Bradbury often wrote from a child's perspective when he used memory (or magical memory) in his storytelling. Think of Dandelion Wine or Something Wicked This Way Comes or From the Dust Returned. All are from the boy who was once and was always Bradbury. Authenticity as well as language goes far in a children's book. Alas, all but two titles are out of print; only The Halloween Tree and Switch on the Night remain available new.