Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Do Kids' Books Need Kid Characters?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Author Gail Gauthier's Reflections On Children's Books, Writing, And The Kidlit World

"Last spring, a few of us here at Original Content got into one of our lengthier discussions on the subject of adult characters in children's books. At that time, I said I thought adult characters could work in children's books, but I thought "that happens when the adult characters are outsiders of some type. Think Skullduggery Pleasant, for instance, who, as a skeleton, can't be said to fit into society very easily. Or at all. Our social order is run by adults, making children outsiders. Outsider child readers can connect with outsider adult characters."

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