Do you read children's books as an adult? (Aug '24)

[Heidi M Simone]

I'm curious, do you read children's books (including middle grade ones) as an adult? Why or why not?

[Heidi M Simone]

I absolutely do! When I find the right middle grade and/or children's chapter books, I truly enjoy them. Sometimes, it's a breath of fresh air and sometimes I just need a simple read. If I'm in a book slump, a simple chapter book can get me out of it!

[Shirley Ann Riddern Labzentis]

I only read them to my young grandsons or if I am commenting on a Book Of The Day. Some of them are adorable but way too easy to read. Besides, I'm into romance novels.

[Genesis Haney]

Sometimes the simplicity of children's book is amusing as an adult and you would not understand somethings that you understand when you read it as an adult so yes I like reading children books but mostly those one that I have already read once before in my childhood and understand the things about the book that you did not before

[saira saleem 2]

children books always so amazing and fasinating all the time .helping them to learn rule of life

[Heidi M Simone]

I only read them to my young grandsons or if I am commenting on a Book Of The Day. Some of them are adorable but way too easy to read. Besides, I'm into romance novels.

That makes sense to me, and I agree they are pretty simple. I do end up reading a lot of picture books to my children every day, but sometimes I do like a good middle grade chapter book.

Thank you for sharing! Romance can be a very fun genre to read. Hope you're reading a good romance now!

[Heidi M Simone]

Sometimes the simplicity of children's book is amusing as an adult and you would not understand somethings that you understand when you read it as an adult so yes I like reading children books but mostly those one that I have already read once before in my childhood and understand the things about the book that you did not before

I like that you have childhood books to go back to and reread! Yes, I agree that there are ones that I may not have understood everything at the time, but can as an adult. Thank you for sharing!

[Heidi M Simone]

children books always so amazing and fasinating all the time .helping them to learn rule of life

I agree. Children's books can help children learn more about life and how to learn one another's perspectives. Sometimes, I end up learning something new when I read a children's book!

[Naghma Qureshi]

I do. I absolutely love them. The main reason for me being I work with children and parents therapeutically. And I keep looking for ways to express the children's world to the parents. I also look for great reads to recommend to children of different ages.

[George Okello 2]

It has been a while since I read children's book but I don't mind if I encounter a great one

[ansu alex 1]

I read them all the time. Partly because they remind me of how deep a simple story can be. Most stories hit different when I read them as an adult. I always wanted to take up English lit. which never happened, so by reading children’s books I am restarting that path.
The new stories are so interesting and full of morals and values. So far none of the books have disappointed me, rather I have new found respect for children’s book authors.

[lisa Penalver]

I LOVE reading children's books! The authors always make the characters so quirky...imaginative... and funny! I especially like books that feature animals. When reading them to children I see their faces come alive as they try to imagine themselves in that animals' shoes! Then they try to guess what the animal would do next!
I Love It!

[Blueberry Dragon]

Yes, often the pictures are fun and the books themselves make for easy reads; I find them especially helpful to get out of reading slumps.

[Melissa Katherine]

I don't really read children's picture books, but I do read middle-grade chapter books. Sometimes it's nice to just read a fun, quick story. With how busy I usually am, it takes me a while to get through a book, sometimes weeks or even a month. Last summer, I started reading the Series of Unfortunate Events because I had never read it before. It was nice to be able to sit down and finish a whole book in about an hour. Of course I usually relate more to adult books, but there are still good lessons to learn from children's/middle-grade books.