10 Children's Books Worth Reading as an Adult

BANGALORE: The bed time stories narrated by your grannies were an awaited tale of each day. From the beautiful fairies, fierce dragons to the detectives with mysterious places to explore; you might slept dreaming of them. At this fast-paced world and running time, the books you abandoned, once cherished, make a void. Let’s go by the proverb, ‘Better late than never’. It’s time for you as an adult to bring out all your books you missed out as a kid and take time to read them. Indulge in a not-so-complicated story line and learn the art of living and being happy. There’s no point of time to say good bye to your favorite books. So, just relax a bit, open a book, and get lost in wonderlands.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By: Judith Viorst, Published 1972: The author clearly narrates the worst day possible of a child in his life. Chewing gum sticking up in his hair, being criticized at school, at dad’s office, being unlucky for not winning a prize, not getting a window seat and the list of bad happenings goes on. This book deals with theory of having a bad day and when you have it no one around seems to help, and everything is messed up.  Till now this book is relevant to each one’s life, running after the bus, humiliating boss, and not gaining or losing the extra kilos. Well this book is a must read as it teaches you that there is always a silver lining and after bad comes good and happiness is all over and you just don’t have to crib about it being so invisible.

Charlotte’s Web

By: E.B. White, Published 1952: The book revolves around a runt pig, and his journey of getting back his life and passing all the difficulties and being a winner at the end. This deals with love, losing and longing for love and companionship. Though this is all about a tiny pig, it clearly resembles the human nature. This book aptly teaches us that size hardly matters when there is understanding and caring nature. Friendship never is tied into certain boundaries and  is to be found everywhere. This book let adults think of their problems and let them deal with it with some creativity and sense of positivity lost with changing time.

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