Given the sheer volume of children’s books – picture or otherwise – wading through the morass can be a daunting task for a new parent looking to jumpstart a literary mind. Some are mordant and morose, while others subversive and sly, offering something for the reader in addition to a simplified version for the young listener. As a parent, revisiting these same books from the other side of the page, they gain a whole new life, often showing a surprising amount of depth and nuance that tends to get lost on the young. More often than not, the subtext is lost on young ears, the essence of the stories existing in the most simplistic of terms. As a child, picture books and literature aimed at the nursery set come across as little more than pleasant stories and images, all part of a nighttime routine that lends a sense of order and structure to an otherwise chaotic day.
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