Post #4003998
2026-07-22 01:29 UTC
@BowsacNoodle@poa.st Almost nobody who can write well and takes writing seriously will write "children's literature" because the medium itself is essentially propaganda and bringing the classroom home with its modern morality plays so that the only people who write "children's literature" are the last people who should be writing for children.
As someone who remembers Scholastic book fairs and reading some of that slop you are better of not even bothering with with anything remotely from that sphere. Maybe find some old Hardy Boys books (the original un-modernised ones) if you want some sort of book series for "younger audiences" otherwise stay the hell away from the children's media ghetto. There's no reason why a boy can't read the classics.
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@branman65@poa.st 2026-07-22 02:29
@wgiwf@poa.st @BowsacNoodle@poa.st Fun fact: DOAWK was originally meant for adults, but the publisher decided that the print version would be popular among middle schoolers. You can see this in the original 2004 webcomic version, which has some slightly edgier parts (nothing too crazy, just stuff like alcohol references and mild profanity, but stuff Scholastic, the slop mill, wouldn't like)