Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.
I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.
Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as children, which, ironically, were often books that their parents weren't particularly keen on.
I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.
The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.
I don't think kids have a problem reading books meant for adults; the problem is on the other side of the fence, a misconception of what one kind of literature is 'supposed' to be, perceived to be, as opposed to another: if it's for kids, it can't be any good; it's got to have been dumbed down and/or sweetened up.
While books expand horizons by exposing us to worlds outside our own, children also need to see themselves, their experiences and their cultures reflected in books they read. Unfortunately, for too many children, this is not the norm.
Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed.
Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.