Childrens literature isnt just for children anymore. This original study explores the varied forms and roles of childrens literaturewhen its written for adults. What do Adam Mansbachs Go the Fk to Sleep and Barbara Parks MA Theres Nothing to Do Here have in common These largeformat picture books are decidedly intended for parents rather than children. In No Kids Allowed Michelle Ann Abate examines a constellation of books that form a paradoxical new genre childrens literature for adults. Distinguishing these books from YA and middlegrade fiction that appeals to adult readers Abate argues that there is something unique about this phenomenon. Principally defined by its form and audience childrens literature Abate demonstrates engages with more than mere nostalgia when recast for grownup readers. Abate examines how board books coloring books bedtime stories and series detective fiction written and published specifically for adults question the boundaries of genre and challenge the assumption that adulthood and childhood are mutually exclusive.