TRENDS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS

 

            During my research for various children’s book titles I viewed numerous self-help books for children.  I also noticed that the United Kingdom publishes a lot of books by authors who reside in the United States such as Puffin Books.

             I noticed that e-books were available for the most recently published books for children. The publishing companies are merging, so there are less publishing companies. I noticed that there were a few book trailers to describe a book and videos of interviews with the authors/illustrators.  I noticed that there are a lot more websites or blogs listing their recommendations for children’s books., but these sites don’t list the age groups or grade levels to make it easier to choose books for friends and families.

            Lastly, the most disconcerting trend I noticed is that most of the books published about African Americans/blacks are not written by African Americans/blacks, but by white authors. There needs to be a significant change in this trajectory or our black children will be reading stories written by only whites, regardless of the demographic trends in our American society.