What books do you remember reading as a child? Whether it’s Charlotte’s Web or the Adventures of Winnie the Pooh or the Harry Potter series, we all have our childhood favorites, the ones that bring on a wave of nostalgia when we think of them or even read them as adults. 

What lessons and wisdom can grown-ups learn from children’s literature? And do your children have bad literary taste if they don’t love Where the Wild Things Are or Curious George as much as you did? To dive into the world of children’s literature and to make the case for reading titles like Cat in the Hat and Anne of Green Gables, Morning Shift talks to Bruce Handy, author of Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult.