I'm in charge of children's books at work these days. Its neat, because children's books are so neat. They have some crazy artwork - all kinds of media, some very abstract, some very simple. Nice colors, nice design.
But, I hate cleaning up after these damn kids. Some parents are just awful. They must feel that when ever they're out of the house their duties as parent's are less. Today, I came in and the kid's section was so trashed that you couldn't stand in front of any of the stacks and look at the books. There were HUNDREDS of books stack here and there, spilling all over the floor. It was depressing.
You're saying, "Zach, what do the kids love these days?" Well, the kids love the hell out of Goosebumps. They devour those things like crack cocaine. And they love Junie B. Jones, who I think is some sort of new-jack Romona Quimby.
Did you guys know they've changed the reading order of the Narnia books. They're chronological now, placing Magican's Nephew first. This smacks of some simple-headed editor under-estimating kids. I mean, some of you read them, were any of you confused by MN being out of chronological order? Why do adults think kids are stupid?
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I ate an awful hummus pita tonight. It was crappy.
