Philip Pullman on Children's Lit

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce <pennylin at s...> wrote:
> It strikes me that adults read children's books for several
> reasons.  [snip list of reasons, the most relevant of which for
> this post is "nostalgia"]  But, do large numbers of adults read
> children's lit "just  because"?  Am I missing any reasons why
> adults might pick up new (not books they read as a child)
> childrens' books?

Well, I've commented on this in the past, and will doubtless do so 
again in the (possibly near) future, but I don't have much time at 
this precise moment.  So instead I offer a Carnegie Medal acceptance 
speech by children's author Philip Pullman as one reason why adults 
might read children's literature (other than nostalgia and the other 
reasons you gave)

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/philippullman/speech.html

-Luke