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Here are some books that, like children s books, teach lessons about the great big world around usbut theyre for adults, so the lessons are bleak and oriented to grownup stuff. Another inappropriate kids book for parents from the author of go the fck to sleep thats equally as funny. Before that, books were written mainly for adults although some later became popular with children. Top 10 childrens and ya books that adults can learn from. Fagan has written ya novels, picture books and fiction for adults. Incidentally, the book thief was originally written for adults, but in america it is categorized as young adult. Best childrens books, 19001920 score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Aside from the lyrical writing and gripping mystery that sits at its heart, this book is. In 2014, he received the vicky metcalf award for literature for young people. His work is indisputably great yet i am struggling. Young adult fiction ya is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. In europe, gutenberg s invention of the printing press around 1440 made possible mass production of books, though the first printed books were quite expensive and remained so for a long time.

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