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Not Just For Kids: Children’s Literature and the Rest of Us
Many years ago, I hired a young man, Kevin, to help out part-time during the summer in my bookshop on Waynesville, North Carolina’s Main Street. Kevin was about six feet tall, a bulky kid who was a rising senior in high school and an outstanding student with a great sense of humor.
One afternoon, I left the store and walked down the street to make a deposit at the bank. When I returned, Kevin stood in the back of the store weeping like a child. “Hey, man, what’s wrong?” I asked, hurrying toward him and thinking someone must have died.
These Books Will Get Your Kids Out of Their Reading Rut
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You’ve read
Goodnight Moon approximately 4,289 times. You’re not crazy about
The Giving Tree’s underlying message. And enough is enough: You wish that damn caterpillar would finally feel full already. If you’re stuck in a reading rut with your little kids (or if your big kids are stuck in a rut of their own), I’ve compiled a fresh reading list for you to tackle this year, built with the help of the parents in our Facebook community and with the goal of, hopefully, taking you beyond the titles you already have on your bookshelf.