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Bruce Handy is currently a contributing editor of Vanity Fair. A former writer and editor at Spy and Time, his articles, essays, reviews, and humor pieces have appeared in such publications as The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, New York magazine, Rolling Stone, Vogue,

A native of California and a graduate of Stanford University, Handy lives in Manhattan with his wife, novelist Helen Schulman, and their two children. Wild Things is his first book.

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	Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult 3.76 avg rating — 1,928 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life by Andrew Blauner (Editor), Mark Boyett (Narrator), J.D. Jackson (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 584 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies 3.53 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth by Bruce Handy, Hyewon Yum (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 240 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Was a Shadow by Bruce Handy, Lisk Feng (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book from Far Away by Bruce Handy, Julie Benbassat (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.73 avg rating — 139 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What If One Day... by Bruce Handy, Ashleigh Corrin (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 123 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Balloon by Bruce Handy, Julie Kwon (illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Magazine April 4 2005 The End of Life Who Decides? Terri Schiavo by Bruce Handy, Simon Watson (Photographer), Bruce Handy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I kept reading.”
― Bruce Handy, Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult

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