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From: Greg Leitich Smith <greg_at_gregleitichsmith.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:36:39 -0500
As a young reader and as an adult reader, I have to say that I've always loved narrative nonfiction. One of the problems I have with children's fiction, though, is that it's almost always packaged in a nonstandard form factor/trim size. It almost always looks like a picture book or coffee table book, which I don't really understand. You get the impression that publishers are deliberately trying to make the nonfiction appear to be a "kiddie book," thereby defending itself from being read by middle grade and young adult readers. Also, it's difficult to hold and read without having a surface to lay it on.
> One area where we have seen a welcome change in the past decade or so
> is with comics. There is an ongoing renaissance with comics and
> graphic novels for children and teens, and they are capturing the
> interests of all kinds of readers. Would that we'd see the same sort
> of thing happen with books about robots, sports, etc., perhaps in
> innovative new boy-friendly formats that are yet to be developed.
>
> --KT
>
> On 6/5/2014 4:30 AM, Lee Sullivan wrote:
>> Do they subconsciously write, publish and select books that are
>> slanted to women's taste?
>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:36:39 -0500
As a young reader and as an adult reader, I have to say that I've always loved narrative nonfiction. One of the problems I have with children's fiction, though, is that it's almost always packaged in a nonstandard form factor/trim size. It almost always looks like a picture book or coffee table book, which I don't really understand. You get the impression that publishers are deliberately trying to make the nonfiction appear to be a "kiddie book," thereby defending itself from being read by middle grade and young adult readers. Also, it's difficult to hold and read without having a surface to lay it on.
> One area where we have seen a welcome change in the past decade or so
> is with comics. There is an ongoing renaissance with comics and
> graphic novels for children and teens, and they are capturing the
> interests of all kinds of readers. Would that we'd see the same sort
> of thing happen with books about robots, sports, etc., perhaps in
> innovative new boy-friendly formats that are yet to be developed.
>
> --KT
>
> On 6/5/2014 4:30 AM, Lee Sullivan wrote:
>> Do they subconsciously write, publish and select books that are
>> slanted to women's taste?
>
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