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Originally Posted by Sparky
I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.  Guess you do, though. |
Yeah, I think it's maybe a bit unfair to accuse kids' books of getting worse if all they're doing is changing to reflect what's considered socially acceptable within our times and what does indeed constitute everyday reality for many kids (the reason why I don't have too big a problem with the plastic surgery book - true, it may seem a tad risible but, my own personal feelings upon cosmetic surgery aside, I'm sure that for many kids it's indeed an issue that needs explaining to them. It ultimately depends upon how well-written it is, I suppose).
I'm no fan of scatological or gross-out humour, but to be frank I think that there's always been something of a market for it in childrens' literature - because, let's face facts, humour that's scatological or gross-out or visceral in some way or another is what a lot of kiddies are into, after all. I'm pretty sure it's not just a recent thing.
Oh, I saw that book about the mole in my local Borders several months ago. I later noticed that some employee (or possibly customer) had tactfully attempted to cover up the front cover illustrtion by placing a smaller book in front of the offending area.