Oh yeah, there is a lot of very clever work being done in some quarters, but every time my mother-in-law goes to the dollar store she brings my daughter one of these ten-page-long whatchamacallits with no author listed, and they're always full of borderline-uncanny illustrations and imperfect rhyme. Sorry, this is a hot-button issue for me right now.
There is a lot of super-generic low-effort art happening in the "dollar-store children's books" space right now. The writing isn't much better.
That’s disappointing to hear. The ones I’ve seen recently (albeit at real bookshops) are of decent quality.
Oh yeah, there is a lot of very clever work being done in some quarters, but every time my mother-in-law goes to the dollar store she brings my daughter one of these ten-page-long whatchamacallits with no author listed, and they're always full of borderline-uncanny illustrations and imperfect rhyme. Sorry, this is a hot-button issue for me right now.