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—Jon & Mac
The Picture Book Proclamation…. Would there be anything you would change or add now? How do you both honestly and truly feel about the current state of picture books? I’m also interested in your thoughts on the state of school libraries and the dwindling of librarian positions, which can often be a gateway for children to be exposed to quality picture books/books.
As a parent, it's interesting to me when my four-year-old likes a book that I don't. Any thoughts on why this occurs? Is it because people simply like different things, like adults might disagree about whether they enjoyed a novel? Or is there something about how children appreciate picture books that is broader, inaccessible, or perhaps even irrelevant to adults?