There is a terrible trend that has quickly developed over the years. If you walk into any bookstore and go to the section for children you will never fail to find childrens book about celebrities. You will find a book by a comedian about holidays or by a certain rock star about friends. The parents never care how well the text is written. What matters is that it is on a celebrity they love.
More often than not it is the parents that buy the book. Many children will not even care if the writer of the book is the favorite celebrity that their parents watch on TV all they want is to read good stories. The parents however go and buy the books by the celebrities they love and they forget what is important is the quality of the stories that the children are exposed to.
The kids are usually attracted to books that have images which encourage their thoughts, informative stories and very good arguments that they would have fun reading. Thus the parents ought to start looking a worth rather than which superstar it is on. If they try this, they will assist their youngsters to have a decent quality book with decent content.
Book publishers have a limited number of books that can be released every year. When celebrities crowd this industry, they deny better writers the chance to have their work published by these houses. Some books are of very good quality especially to the children but the authors of these books are probably people you have never heard of. Because people often judge books by the writer, the celebrity books will end up being read by the children.
There are very many writers who have the dream of writing for children. The celebrities on the hand just write because it is an afterthought for them. For this reason they end up writing content that is not that useful to the young ones when compared to the books of the non-celebrity writers. Any time a celebrity thinks that they can write a children book, publishers will be willing to support them because they are looking at the sales they will make.
Part of the reason why this has become a big problem is the notion that children books are easy to write. People tend to think that anybody can write a children book. Maybe it is true that anyone can write a children book but only a few can write good literature for the children. This is something that is quite difficult to do.
When writing a book for children, every word should matter. The writers spend a lot of time editing the books so that they are fit to be sold to the children. Sometimes they even spend a whole week reviewing a single paragraph because the meaning will matter a lot.
For this reason, the parents should always make sure that they buy their children texts that will help them as children. They should not look only for those books that are about the famous people that they admire because this can have consequences especially to their children.
More often than not it is the parents that buy the book. Many children will not even care if the writer of the book is the favorite celebrity that their parents watch on TV all they want is to read good stories. The parents however go and buy the books by the celebrities they love and they forget what is important is the quality of the stories that the children are exposed to.
The kids are usually attracted to books that have images which encourage their thoughts, informative stories and very good arguments that they would have fun reading. Thus the parents ought to start looking a worth rather than which superstar it is on. If they try this, they will assist their youngsters to have a decent quality book with decent content.
Book publishers have a limited number of books that can be released every year. When celebrities crowd this industry, they deny better writers the chance to have their work published by these houses. Some books are of very good quality especially to the children but the authors of these books are probably people you have never heard of. Because people often judge books by the writer, the celebrity books will end up being read by the children.
There are very many writers who have the dream of writing for children. The celebrities on the hand just write because it is an afterthought for them. For this reason they end up writing content that is not that useful to the young ones when compared to the books of the non-celebrity writers. Any time a celebrity thinks that they can write a children book, publishers will be willing to support them because they are looking at the sales they will make.
Part of the reason why this has become a big problem is the notion that children books are easy to write. People tend to think that anybody can write a children book. Maybe it is true that anyone can write a children book but only a few can write good literature for the children. This is something that is quite difficult to do.
When writing a book for children, every word should matter. The writers spend a lot of time editing the books so that they are fit to be sold to the children. Sometimes they even spend a whole week reviewing a single paragraph because the meaning will matter a lot.
For this reason, the parents should always make sure that they buy their children texts that will help them as children. They should not look only for those books that are about the famous people that they admire because this can have consequences especially to their children.
