There is a new "genre" of literature that is aimed explicitly at adults and children, or sometimes simply at adults, which follow the formula of the picture book: the inclusion of a simple text accompanying provocative images, and sometimes images alone. On the surface they may seem best suited for the "children's section" of a bookstore or library. But we discover that their linguistic and visual simplicity can fool us into thinking that the content itself is simplistic. And in many cases, they are directly inviting the adult reader to view their own experiences through the lens of a child. They appear to be growing in number and it can be hard to classify them easily, just as we find it difficult to define a "children's book." One might find them grouped with graphic novels but in some ways, they appear to be their own genre. These books openly adopt a façade of being "children's stories" but in fact offer directly to adults visual and conceptual invitations to think deeply about genuine metaphysical issues. This paper offers a tour of a collection of such books and why they can provoke deep philosophical reflections for adults--and in some cases for children as well.