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I'm Roman Mars.

January of 2020,

marked the New York Public Library's 125th anniversary. And to celebrate, they published a list of the

ten most checked out books in the history of the library.

And there's one thing about the list that you really can't help but notice right away

That's our producer Joe Rosenberg. It's made up almost entirely of children's books.

So the snowy day, the cat and the hat, where the wild things are, Charlotte's Web.

Dan Coise is a writer at Sleigh.

To Kill a mockingbird, arguably a children's book, also on the list.

Well, I mean, like a... arguably a children's book also on the list.

Well, I mean, I, like I read it as a kid, I'm not sure.

Anyway. Fine, but come on, Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone, the very hungry caterpillar?

The only books, quote unquote for adults on this list are 1984

Fahrenheit 451 and how to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie

love that that book is still on there.

All told seven of the ten books were for kids.

Taken together, they were checked out over two and a half million times.

But at the very bottom of the list, Dan Coise noticed this little foot note.

And it just said, you know, fun fact, Good Night Moon, of course one of the most beloved children's books of all time

was not on the list.

The footnote was almost like an apology

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