How to Read Now Overall Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I have a new and burning need for every adult - all of them - to read this book. Witty, humorous, well-written, and chock-full of important information, this truly changed my way of viewing children's books.

Despite absolutely devour books these days, and even once being a child(!), I had, without realizing it, fallen into the dangerous and embarrassing belief that children's literature is not real literature, and by default, as Barnett points out, that children are not real people. Adults simply cannot continue with this way of thinking, particularly when we alone are the ones deciding what gets published for the children of the world, and this book is a wonderful way to start combating those thoughts.

Whether you have kids or not, whether you regularly read to kids or not, please take the time to read this work. It's charming and thoughtful and will remind that board books and early readers filling bookstore and bookshelves should not just be seen as tools, but rather as the doorways through which storytelling and the joy of reading enter our lives. Children are people and their books are just as real and as valuable as ours.

Thank you to Little, Brown and Company and NetGalley for the digital ARC - all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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