Why Adults Read Children's Books Part 1: Comfort, nostalgia and 'slyly subversive' politics!

Описание: Why are so many adults drawn to reading books published for children? At the start of #middlegrademarch I asked, you answered and here is the result! This was such a fascinating and surprisingly complex topic that I attempted to make some sort of cohesive narrative to the videos and had to split it into two parts. To make life easier, I am including timestamps and a full list of all contributors and reference materials that I cite in both videos.

This is part one. You can find part two here:    • Why Adults Read Children's Books Part 2: s...  

0:00 Intro - how this came about
2:04 Structure of the video and reference books cited
6:03 What makes a book a children's book?
11:00 Video 1: ‪@Shellyish‬
16:38 Video 2: ‪@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf‬
21:30 The politics of children's books

📺Videos mentioned:
My Middle grade March recommendations:    • Middle Grade March TBR, plus fantastic rec...  
My middle grade playlist:    • Middle Grade  
My in-depth analysis of Coraline:    • Get Kids Reading: a teacher's in-depth loo...  

📚Books and articles mentioned:
Why you Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You are so Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell
https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
What the (very bad swear word) is a children's book anyway? Article can be found in A View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman and here: https://www.hbook.com/story/what-the-...
The Way to Write for Children by Joan Aiken
Literature's Children: The Critical Child and the Art of Idealization Book by Louise Joy. I quoted from an article on this book in The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Tell Me: Children, Reading and Talk by Aidan Chambers
Children's Books are Society's Most Vital Literature Or 'Why I Started Spread Book Joy' (my blog post!) https://www.spreadbookjoy.com/post/ch...

Middle Grade March hosts:
Katie:    • My March Reading Plans and TBR | All the M...   ‪@LifeBetweenWords1‬
Krista:    / booksandjams   ‪@BooksAndJams‬
Amanda:    / thecurlyreader   ‪@OnTheMiddleShelf‬
Prompts:
The 5 Prompts this year are:
1. A book with 5 or more words in title
2. A book featuring an orphan main character
3. A contemporary book
4. A book set in Asia or featuring an Asian main character
5. A book older than you are

Amazing contributors to both parts (sorry if you have been tagged in both!):
‪@Shellyish‬
‪@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf‬
Gaia Athena    / @gaiaathena-books  
@Hungry Bookworm
Berna's Bookish Adventures    / bernasbookishadventures  
‪@MarilynMayaMendoza‬
Booktube with Amy    / booktubewithamy  
Storm Reads    / @stormreads  
Suz - thank you!

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