Every single night i include in the selection of bedtime stories one or more of the same books: Where the Wild Things Are (any parent can tell you how immensely cute it is to listen to a 2-year old recite the 'rolled there terrible eyes, showed their terrible claws, etc. passage), Goodnight Moon (kids particularly like the Little Old Lady Whispering Hush part, and also delight in the Goodnight Nobody paradox) and -- my personal favorite -- Max Lucado's "Just In Case You Ever Wonder", which has to be one of the sweetest books ever written.
as for 'grownup' books, i keep meaning to reread Watership Down. when i was a small child i read Jonathon Livingston Seagull countless times, but i'm not sure i would enjoy it as much now. perhaps you can learn something about yourself even in *not* rereading a book, if you have become too jaded to believe in what it used to mean to you =)
