We read kids' books, mysteries , science fiction , fantasy , horror , and whatever else we can get our hands on , but we have never read anything that could hurt us. So let's talk about what we like to read.
Kid books are better than grownup books, because kid books have to be interesting on every page.
Even the Bobbsey Twins and R.L. Stine have their uses and their virtues. My favorite author and the goddess of my idolatry is still Louisa May Alcott . She was an excellent craftswoman, and she taught me at least as much about life as my mother. Madeleine Stern has been chiefly responsible for finding and publishing many of these anonymously-published early works. We all liked series as children.