- Children's books today are often catered to adults. No child wants to read about grand parents or a vegetable patch yet that's what a lot of books are about. Children's books also avoid tough topics like monster's or death but those things are fun and curious to children. --- "Sometimes I think that optimisation steamrolls the silliness of childhood, the cuteness of babyhood, in an attempt to adopt this aesthetic that’s much more adult." - [[Let the Kids Get Weird - The Adult Problem With Children’s Books]] "People in publishing often talk about ‘child-friendly’ books, which suggests something consoling, sweet and kind of nostalgic. But that’s a smokescreen, because those qualities attract parents and teachers more than children,” says Natalia O’Hara" - [[Let the Kids Get Weird - The Adult Problem With Children’s Books]]