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The Onion: Adults Go Wild Over Latest In Children's Picture Book Series (VIDEO)

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:55 PM ET

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On The Onion News Network: Following a trend of cross-generational popular literature such as "Harry Potter" and "Twilight", a children's picture book series featuring "Green Man" have adults going wild for each new installment. Why are the books so popular? Most readers feel they "fill a void left in contemporary literature which tends to favor stodgy tomes with hundreds of pages and almost no pictures."



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On The Onion News Network: Following a trend of cross-generational popular literature such as "Harry Potter" and "Twilight", a children's picture book series featuring "Green Man" have adults going wi...
On The Onion News Network: Following a trend of cross-generational popular literature such as "Harry Potter" and "Twilight", a children's picture book series featuring "Green Man" have adults going wi...
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ivytee3
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02:27 AM on 12/14/2009
this can't be serious
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BlackJAC
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11:58 AM on 12/14/2009
They're not serious. They're mocking how adults like reading books aimed at kids.
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BlackJAC
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02:30 PM on 12/10/2009
I believe the technical term for this is "neoteny."
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