What’s a children’s book that hit you differently in your older age?
I recently reread Bridge to Terabithia, thinking back on how magical I thought it was as a kid. It hit me so much harder as an adult and ugly cried by the time it was finished.
The Giving Tree. I hate it so so much. The tree should give and give until it’s nothing but a stump? No thanks.
Also, Charlie and the Great Glass elevator is truly terrible, especially when you’re trying to read it aloud.
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The Once and Future King by T.H. White. About King Arthur and Merlin. I’ve read it four times through my life and it seems a different message each read.
JEZTURNER on
The horse thief Famous Five or Secret Seven story. Reading it with my kids, the build of suspense was amazing. As an adult I could see the horse reveal coming. The kids couldn’t and they were truly shocked.
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Tom Sawyer.
It’s so much more observational than I thought.
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Peter Pan. Very different reading it as a parent and finding out the origin – Barrie was inspired by the death of his brother as a boy: the child who never grew up.
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the giving tree
The Giving Tree. I hate it so so much. The tree should give and give until it’s nothing but a stump? No thanks.
Also, Charlie and the Great Glass elevator is truly terrible, especially when you’re trying to read it aloud.
The Once and Future King by T.H. White. About King Arthur and Merlin. I’ve read it four times through my life and it seems a different message each read.
The horse thief Famous Five or Secret Seven story. Reading it with my kids, the build of suspense was amazing. As an adult I could see the horse reveal coming. The kids couldn’t and they were truly shocked.
Tom Sawyer.
It’s so much more observational than I thought.
Peter Pan. Very different reading it as a parent and finding out the origin – Barrie was inspired by the death of his brother as a boy: the child who never grew up.