Some examples would be the hobbit and a wrinkle in time

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    I really think A Series of Unfortunate Events is so worth a read as an adult. It’s fun, meta, plays with its presentation of words on a page. And towards the end the story dovetails into allegory and metaphor, which is a lot more than I bargained for in a children’s book.

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      Oo yes, I love that series! I read the whole thing as a kid. It might be time I pull back out my collection.

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      Also, finding all the little literary references as an adult is fun! I definitely didn’t pick up on, like, anything when I was a kid, but there are quite a few.

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      I loved those books as a kid. I’ll need to go out and find a set to read with my own kid someday.