Reading Children's Books is OK Too

As we get older, there's a stigma often attached to reading books geared towards children. You can't go back and read Green Eggs and Ham any more because you're 15 and people may look at you funny. It doesn't matter that you love Judy Moody because you should be reading the Hunger Games at your age.

Should you though? Should you really? And who tells you what you should and should not enjoy reading? You do!

I'm here to tell you that picking up your old favorites when you were a kid is not only acceptable, it can give you that warm fuzzy feeling just like watching your favorite Disney movie. And reading your favorite Berenstein Bear book is going to take significantly less time than watching the Lion King (though I love the Lion King so you should still go and watch it again).

I'll tell you the truth--even before I became a librarian I was going back and rereading old classics. The Giver never gets boring and I love heading down the Rabbit Hole with Alice and you are allowed too.

Of course, I definitely recommend picking up chapter books over picture books (those super skinny oddly large books with 90% pictures, 10% words). They're more of a challenge and are much easier to carry around, but there's no reason why you can't love books you read when you were 5. It's part of what makes us who we are. We had to start somewhere, right?

Next time you're in the library, stop in the children's room and pick up a book you loved when you were younger. I guarantee it will put a smile on your face and brighten the rest of your week.

What we read does not determine our age! :)