A review by melerihaf
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book by Anita Silvey

4.0

The thing that makes this book so fun is the variety of people to whom children's books mattered. I was expecting mostly children's authors when I picked up this book, and discovered actors and scientists and athletes and musicians, too. It was fun when people picked books that I also loved. In addition, it inspired some really good conversations between me and family members when we discussed what we would have said had we been asked. I loved the variety. I also loved that some books that some people might see as worthless, like the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books, inspired some people. I though that was so cool. The only thing that would have made this book better for me is if the mini-bio of the person who wrote each piece had been on the page with their choice, instead of in the back. I will admit I didn't recognize all the names, and it bugged me to have to flip to the back to find out who they were.