I read some research in a magazine which suggested reading children’s books by yourself as an adult can be good for the soul. Taking the edge off stresses and strains of adult life and bringing a bit of fun back. Of course I read to my children when they were small but as soon as they because confident readers they just liked taking a book and reading by themselves. This study was about reading the book by yourself though for fun and not to your children.
I was a very keen reader as a child but once I got into my teens I stopped. I remember secret seven, rold Dahl, my naughty little sister etc back in the 80s but realised there was many classics I’d not read. My parents were very much ‘what do you want to read books for? Go play out’ Kind of people. The kind of people who scoffed when I said I was going to university because ‘people like us don’t do that’
So I’m just in the middle of the famous five series, I thought I’d give the reading children’s books a go. I can’t believe I’ve not read these before I’m hooked! I come away from the book with a warm fuzzy feeling. Maybe there is some truth in the study after all.
Maybe we should take some time to read a children’s book by ourselves from time to time. It felt a bit silly getting out my ff book on the train, I got some perculiar looks lol. But now I love them and I don’t care.
So I challenge more people to make the next book in their list a children’s book they havnt read before and see how it makes you feel. Let me know what you have read/ will choose to read.