[msslor]

Essentially enjoyable reads that can maintain an adult's interest, but don't have adult themes.

I'm thinking along the lines of the Hobbit.

Thank you!

What reading age and genre are you looking for? I'm afraid that, off the top of my head, I can't really think of fantasy or adventure books for childeren I enjoyed as an adult, too. I tried the 'How to Train Your Dragon' books for example, but I didn't like them as an adult. I reread 'Ella Enchanted' by Gail Carson Levine and Monica Furlong's 'Wise Child', 'Juniper' and 'Colman' as a young adult, but I haven't reread them since, so I don't know if they are interesting for an adult.
There are some childeren's books I like, but I don't know of they are what you're looking for; they aren't comparable with the Hobbit, I'm afraid. I'll list some of them:
- 'George' by Alex Gino
- 'Gold Medal Summer' by Donna Freitas,
- 'How to Speak Dolphin' by Ginny Rorby,
- 'Counting by 7s' by Holly Goldberg Sloan,
- 'Fish in a Tree' by Lynda Mullaly Hunt,
- 'Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood' by Varsha Bajaj,
- 'The Great Wall of Lucy Wu' by Wendy Wan-Long Shang.
Is this something you are looking for or would like something more adventureous?

The Harry potter Series by J.K. Rowling. It's a kids series but I enjoyed it as an adult.

Hmm...good question.

Well,I can probably second Harry Potter because a lot of people like em.

I know a lot of adults who love Joe Ambercrombie's novels, and that's Young Adult.

Treasure Island
Adventure of Tom Sawyer

[CaptainKidd]

Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London.

Belgariad by David Weddings
Percy Jackson

My father and I read together and enjoyed Madeleine L'Engle's Time series - A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.