Ironically, Because of Winn Dixie was one of the 10 best books I read last year. I also include "Oh, the Things You will Do" as one of the best pieces of modern poetry ever written. Gets me weepy every time!
I was thinking more along the lines of the Little Golden Books or the serialized Pony Club books and Nancy Drew type stuff. There are some kid lit books that I do enjoy; Stuart Little, Marguerite Henry and others.
My point was that if a person expects themselves to be entertained as an adult by activities which are meant for kids, they are focusing on the wrong things. As a parent we give up much of we would choose to do if we didn't have our children around, for the sake of being with the children and moulding their characters. It is not the activities we focus on, but the end result of the activities of the years.
Read "I love you forever" or "The giving Tree." You will become a puddle, the tears will be falling so quickly. :)