"Girl Books" and "Boy Books"

In today's society many people are focused on the idea of blurring gender lines so that there are not specific roles for females and specific roles for males.  In order to do this, it would make sense to teach children at a young age that there is no such thing as "girl books" or "boy books" but instead literature is open to any gender.  Since literature is such a huge part of children's learning experiences, teachers might think it is a good idea to stock their classroom library with gender neutral texts.  While I do agree that younger children should be exposed to this type of literature, I think it might also be beneficial to provide students with "girl books" and "boy books" so they can find something to relate to while they are growing up.  With this thought in mind, I started to think back to the types of stories I was most interested in as a child.  Once I started reading on my own, I fell in love with the American Girl book series, The Babysitters Club, and other book series that featured female characters that I could relate to.  Of course, my older brother would never have been as engaged in those books as I was and he had his own idea of what a good book was.  In order to make reading an enjoyable experience for children as they grow up and enter confusing and sometimes awkward phases of adolescence, it is important that they can relate to the character's or scenarios in the book.  If children are going to read they most likely want it to be something that is meaningful to them.  I am curious as to what your opinions on putting "girls books" and "boys books" on the classroom shelf are?  Instead of assigning books to the class as a whole, teachers could provide boys and girls separate reading to see how well they relate or react to the text.  While I do not think this should be an ongoing trend in the classroom, I do think it could be a good way to get children to enjoy reading.