I think children classics are the best books ever. No doubt adult self-help books or inspirational stories of how people emerge unscathed from adversities inspire us, I think everything still boils down to what's being taught in children classics.

Simple yet endearing stories which encapsulates big morals into the tiny details of daily lives. How apt and ever more applicable then sophisticated and rare occurrances in adult books. The point blanks words and vivid picture somehow evokes more emotions than any bombastic phrasings can even remotely try to.

maybe it only works for me, but it works very well for me. I used to be at a loss when people ask who my favourite author was or what was my favourite book. Now thinking back, perhaps admist the mountain of books i've read, i somehow have lost myself in delusions of grandeur that those books gave me.

I've forgotten the very basic theory that i've gotten from my children classics which allowed me to progress to higher levels of reading and thought, if they are even higher levels of reading at all. My human principles and the traits that moulds my character into what I am today.

The best authors are those who teach fundamentals values of life in their books with the simplest of words. Ironically, straight to the point yet extremely thought provoking. When you're losing yourself in the chaos of today's world, go back to basics, like how you go back to definitions in chemical energetics.

Think and dig out some of the oldest children classics you have in your library. True to what they are, classics never go wrong and never go out of time, for all life forms evolved from a common, universal ground. Children classics actually provide you with the clarity of thought much needed when you're in a dilemma. So simple, but complicated by everything around you.

Now, i can confidently say that:

My favourite author is Shel Silverstein, and

My favourite book is The Giving Tree,