Are kids lit worth reading as an adult? I've never read

>>8965830
yeah, if you read for the plot
i really love harry potter

Alice in Wonderland is a great read even as an adult

>>8965830
there's two kinds of kids lit (which can overlap).

It can be written retardedly, and kids like it, because they are the only ones who could like it, because they are stupider than adults. The adults who write these are stupid themselves, and calling themselves children's authors is sort of a cop-out.

Other kids lit can just be something about kids, and kids lives, about dealing with school and parents and shit, so kids relate to it.

The latter can still be good as an adult.

>>8965858
>tfw to smart to read Harry Potter so I read The Canon instead

>>8965843
This.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is also good.

>>8965867
Ronald Dahl is an all around great author; The Witches is also great, and I still really like his autobiographical work as well

>>8965856
This anon is right. There's valuable children's literature out there like Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island, and The Little Prince, but there's also garbage. Fairytales are worth reading to get a look at the original source of things that are ingrained in our culture now, like Little Red Riding Hood.

>>8965877
>Ronald Dahl
Roald

>>8965920
Yeah I know I hit post and immediately saw it, oh well, still a great children's author with a very unique voice and style

Hans Christian Andersen can be read by adults and children, his texts works on multiple levels.

>>8965836
>harry potter
>plot
Why not any of the other fantasy books that actually have complex plots and characters written for adults?

>>8965836
Harry Potter? The only time I preferred the movie!

i've read momo and the secret garden as an adult. was alright