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Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America
Maybe someday
36
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
35/100Critics
36/100Scholars
Author:
David Kamp
Publisher:
Simon Schuster
Date:
May 12, 2020
David Kamp takes readers behind the scenes to show how programs such as Mister Rogers' Neighboorhood, Sesame Street, and Schoolhouse Rock made it on air, explaining how like-minded individuals found their way into television, not as fame- or money-hungry would-be auteurs and stars, but as people who wanted to use TV to help children.
What The Reviewers Say
... a lively and bewitching recounting of a particularly ripe period in television and cultural history.
For a broad cohort of readers, experiencing David Kamp’s history of the golden age of children’s television will be like spinning the dial on a radio set to pick up frequencies from childhood. As you turn the pages, songs and jingles from half-forgotten TV episodes start dancing through your head...If the tune brings happy associations, you’ll find much to appreciate in this affectionate chronicle of an exuberant cultural moment.
... insightful.
For readers of a certain generation, Sunny Days will have a thrilling flashback effect, like a fizzy nostalgia drink, and the book's archival photos only enhance the time-tripping experience. For millennial readers, Sunny Days will be both a captivating glimpse at a revolutionary time and a blueprint for what's possible with a little seed money, civic-mindedness, feathers and glue..
