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The Harry Potter phenomenon has proven that so-called kids' books have much to offer adult readers. Not only are children's books frequently rich in meaning, depth and theme, they are also often written in a way that makes their delights immediately accessible. You may find it refreshing to try one for a change, or to reacquaint yourself with an old favourite from your childhood. Here are ten wonderful books originally pitched at a younger audience that are just as stimulating and enjoyable for an older crowd.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Children of the Dust by Louise Lawrence
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Holes by Louis Sachar
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
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Good list, judging by the six I have read.
Kidd Garrett, Bristol, UK
A good choice of titles. In fact I would probably also include at least on of the Harry Potter books there too! Some more have recently appeared. I or friends have read them after stealing them from our teen kids...
The Joshua Files - Invisible City by M.G.Harris. You can't miss the glowing
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Again, a seemingly simple story, but anything told from the pov of death can't be too simple!
I've also heard that Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls is an extremely touching novel chronicling the positive things in the short remaining life of a terminally ill child.
Any more ?
orange neon cover. But I also couldn't stop reading it particularly when you cut through the layers of the heady adventure and capture the emotional journey of the hero.
Rob Mills, Manchester,