I do like to read middle grade and young reader books which I talk about a bit more here but now I also keep my eye on the children's section and even the adult stacks with a mind to a dream: of sitting by the bedside of a happy child as I read from a book I love and they are coming to love on a normal night in my future life. Here are the ones I'm holding in my dream.

When was the last time you posted up in the kids' section of Barnes and Noble? If you're a mom, you might be like, "Um, yesterday?" But I am not yet a mother! I am a 28-year-old woman who, to the average passerby, has no reason to be in the children's section of Barnes and Noble.

It may or may not be a radical notion to you, dear reader, but I believe in children's books for grown ups wholeheartedly. My best friend always says girls are born knowing exactly who we are and what we like, and then we turn twelve and the world starts slowly taking those things away from us.

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