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We all agree Harry Potter is for womanchildren, but are there any children's books that are actually worth reading for the first time as an adult?
Let's start with two obvious ones, Aesop's Fables and Alice in Wonderland. Also everything by pic related

>> No.12030906

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

>> No.12030920

Maniac Magee

>> No.12030945

The thief of always

>> No.12030956
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Treasure Island and Kidnapped are kino

>> No.12031033

The Hobbit

>> No.12031109

Infinite Jest

>> No.12031140

The Little Prince

>> No.12031324

>be child
>read James and the giant peach
>be adult
>read about getting splattered with German brain matter and dying in the burning wreckage of fighter planes
Dahl really does write for all ages.

>> No.12031329

Lord of the Rings, you have to be an adult to realize that it's a masterpiece of literary modernism.

>> No.12031332

Peter Pan

>> No.12031339

>>12030920
Why?

>> No.12031403

>>12031033
this
also possibly The Midnight Folk by John Masefield but it would still probably be better to read that as a child

>> No.12031427

>>12030645
The Phantom Tollbooth. Wholeheartedly recommend.

>> No.12031441

>>12030645
Coraline is pretty fun.

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>>12030645
I'm not sure if it'd be good to read as an adult, but I feel we can all agree the Warriors series is A1 children's lit

>> No.12031474

Tom Sawyer, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

>> No.12031700

Jules Verne maybe

>>12031140
but mostly this

>> No.12031760

>>12031332
this desu

>>12031441
and this

>> No.12031874

>>12030645
La Fontaine's Fables.
The classical tales compilations: Perrault, Andersen and Grimm.
Also >>12031033
>>12031140
>>12030956
>>12031700

>> No.12032279

The Jungle Books
His Dark Materials
Fables by Arnold Lobel

>> No.12032284

>>12031332
Seconded. This book knocked my socks off and made me cry; I'm 34.

>> No.12032309

Erich Kästner

>> No.12032314

>>12030645
the phantom tollbooth
the hobbit
frog and toad are friends

harry potter is fine, though. stop disliking things because women made them. it weakens you as a critic.

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>>12031427
Absolutely this

also pic related

>> No.12032362

>>12032337
I loved these as a kid. Tried at a fairly adult age. 21 i think and couldn't do it. Are they worth reading again.

If the rumours of Jacques preEditor racism are true that's probably entertaining in itself.

>> No.12032849

>>12030645
Danny the champion of the world was my favourite by him
What a legend

>> No.12032971

Animorphs.

>> No.12033012

>>12032337
Came here to say this.

>>12032362
It's sorta racist in the same way that Tolkien is sorta racist. You can describe the central conflict as a fight for racial supremacy if you want, but I only see the good strong warriors triumphing over the evil wretches.