In closing, language teachers resist using children’s literature possibly so that they do not
offend adult learners who likely have good education and high maturity level. They themselves
may also fear being wrongfully seen as unprofessional for supplying seemingly “childish”
storybooks to adult reading classes. These concerns, albeit legitimate, can be answered with a
quote from Appelt (1985), “In the long run, the question is really whether or not you are
comfortable with picture books yourself. If you are, then your students will be too and together
you will find a whole new world of books” (p. 74). If a class is open to the opportunity of
reading children’s literature, as has been shown in this study, it seems EFL educators owe these
adult learners (and perhaps themselves as well) to at least start considering using such
alternatives.