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The ultimate children's book
Aug. 13th, 2010 04:56 pmI've been trying to come up with the ultimate children's book series - the series that is guaranteed to appeal to all children. All little girls like cute animals and pink fairies, or so publishers seem to think. For a few years, the fairies and the cute animals co-existed, before people got the bright idea of combining these two things into a sort of super girly book. Now we've got series about magical kittens, fairy bears, magical bunnies, magical puppies, unicorn ponies ridden by fairy princesses etc. Covers are usually pink, purple or pastel, with lots of sparkles.
At the same time, we've got the books for primary school boys, which are dominated by farts and bogeys, since publishers know for a fact that little boys are interested in nothing else. There's a series called "Yuck!", a series called "The Slime Files," and a series with titles along the lines of "The biggest bogey in the world." Covers are usually in bright primary colours with drippy bits of green.
All I need to do is work out how to combine all of these elements, and all other children's authors can retire. I'm thinking something along the lines of farting fairy hamsters. What could possibly go wrong with this approach?
At the same time, we've got the books for primary school boys, which are dominated by farts and bogeys, since publishers know for a fact that little boys are interested in nothing else. There's a series called "Yuck!", a series called "The Slime Files," and a series with titles along the lines of "The biggest bogey in the world." Covers are usually in bright primary colours with drippy bits of green.
All I need to do is work out how to combine all of these elements, and all other children's authors can retire. I'm thinking something along the lines of farting fairy hamsters. What could possibly go wrong with this approach?
