What are your thoughts on farmers markets? Are they overhyped? Great opportunities? A mix? 👇🏼

Books are food for the brain, and you don't let your 9-year-old decide what to eat.

You’re right. The quality of the majority of children’s books being published today is abysmal. Subject matter, writing quality, writing style, and reading level are all insulting to the children and the parents who read them. The illustrations are generally poor. Objectively, the majority of books out today are not good books. A few silly books here and there in your shelf, whatever. But it’s the majority of books in the bookstores. You have to go to great lengths to find good book lists, not to mention the books themselves. Never mind all the weird messaging in children’s media today.

That kills me too.

Let me know your thoughts on it all below! Do you agree with some of the points made in the comments? 👇🏼

I wonder if you could share a little on book formatting. I need to better understand how illustrations are scanned to be put in your book. Thanks

The pink and gingham ribbon was my favorite even though they were all beautiful.

Love the maverik cup in frame. Truly one of us

I love your energy and positivity. I am working on my first children's book and plan to self-publish. I copped out on illustration and went with Canva. That won't happen again.

So what do y’all think? Did I miss anything? Were you surprised by any of the reasons I mentioned? 👇🏼

Awesome content as always ❤

I love it, it turned out so good! I really like how you incorporated the classic children's books into the setup.

I had so much fun working on this little space. I plan on doing more as time goes on so follow along to see it all ❤ let me know what you think! Do you think it turned out well? 👇🏼

'Where's my cow' By Terry Pratchett. Its a tie in with his Discworld series, but is actually a very fun kids book.

So what do y’all think? Did any of the reasons stand out to you? Were you surprised by any of the bonus books? 👇🏼👇🏼

Yes! Good illustration makes the book enjoyable to the parent as well! And this is important because when the reader is enjoying the process it comes across to the child listening! I too, have been disappointed reading to my kids and only having clip art scenes to look at. They can come across stilted and lifeless.

Great video! Keep them coming!

Thank you for sharing all this 😊

Make videos about your views on illustrations nowadays!!!!

What an interesting video, thank you for sharing! I just discovered your channel by the way! I'm glad i did!

I think it’s awesome how your making children’s book with such amazing art! Starting your own business is admirable no matter what! ❤️

You should quit

It has been a minute since I’ve gotten a comment like this. Most people in the space of creating books how much work it takes to publish your own book. There are many reasons as to why I decided to self publish: Creative control: I have a specific vision on what I wanted to create and I wanted the final say from character names, mediums used for illustrations, to material on the books. Owning a business: I have wanted to own my own business since I was younger and everything just fell into place. I have big plans for my publishing company. Character rights: I can’t imagine selling my rights to a big publisher. I want to own my characters and I want to pass that ownership onto my children. Filling a void: many parents today feel the way I do. I wanted books that felt classic, but were given a facelift for my kids. Self publishing should never have a stigma attached to it. We applaud anyone who creates their good for their business, books are NO DIFFERENT. Im working on my second book and will be done soon!

That’s amazing!! You’re so talented and so beautiful!! 💕💕

Wheres my 'mog the forgetful cat' and 'tiger who came to tea' peeps?

I had two favorite children's book when I was a child, my go-to's everytime. They were the absolute reason i became an avid reader and writer. One of them was a brazilian book "yellow riding hood", a twist on the red riding hood story but this girl was always scared of everything. It was written during Brazil's dictatorial regime as resistance and managed to pass censorship by being by marketed for kids. The story has a beautiful message and it is so important historically as a piece of resistance and hope. The other one was also a brazilian book, "even princesses fart". A silly little story on the surface, the same silly little story this author seems to be against, but with and amazing message of self love and honestly, just HILARIOUS. I loved it when i was a child, and it made me want to read more. Kids are kids. Let them have silly and fun books. What does them a disservice is not reading at all. What does them a disservice is making reading a boring task for them. There's space for both.

Library worker here! It's important for kids to feel joy and engagement with their books, so while some kids might enjoy B.Potter and calmer narratives, some enjoy just having a fun time with quicker and silly narratives :D as long as you read with your kids and you both enjoy it (or in parents case: at least act like you enjoy it to encourage your child), it is all good 🎉🎉

I think that overall childrens books has become way over simplified with no complexity of story. Children nowdays are treated like babies until they are 10, where did the beauty of the stories go?

Oh, thank you for saying this. We love silly books (Elephant & Piggie, you rock!), but so much oit there now is just drivel. My mom bought my kids I Need A New Butt - I cringed every time my kids picked it, and I eventually made it disappear. Children's literature can be funny and silly, but it should never be stupid and patronizing.

The second one existing doesn't make the other one dissapear, both have a place and are ment for different things. Kids will make jokes about farts and such either way and getting them to read while laughing is a good way to use up all that humor.

in my opinion, which could definitely be wrong, it's because these books were meant to be read with children, they're not just for children to read alone. But as times have changed, both parents tend to have to work and children are at school more hours in the day and have more things to learn, so are less interested in reading hobbies. Parents are also more tired with streamlined jobs now encompassing what would have been three or four jobs back in ms potter's age. The world got faster. Another point whilst we're on 'faster' is that capitalism churns out things based on trends that are largely analysed by computers. Companies want things made faster, produced faster, and are usually smaller than what they used to be, too. Now we have AI books which can be largely nonsensical and in some cases, full of dangerous misinformation. Of course, I don't have any kids, and when I did work with kids they weren't exactly the average demographic. so, bias on my end because i don't walk around studying what's on the market for kids books. This is just my two cents. Further disclaimer: I think there's room for both because you obviously do not want to overload your kids, and it's good to just let their minds rest!

Honestly I'd rather a kid be reading 1000 fart books than watch cocomelon

I probably should’ve clarified. I talk a lot about moderation on my accounts. We own (and enjoy!) silly books. There is nothing wrong with a silly book. It’s just today, this is majority of children’s literature and in my opinion does a huge disservice to children. I love reality TV like the next person, but it can’t be all I consume. Same goes for children’s books.

Anything beatrice potter has my entire heart- he watercolor illustrations made my entire childhood so much brighter!

So magical! Can’t wait to see more!

there is room in the world for both :)

But that’s hilarious.

My favourite is aliens love underpants

God forbid a book is just fun 😂

There was books like the at the end back then, and books like the one from the beginning right now.

Dang, I never heard of that book before lmao

I’ve done other events but I am doing my first farmers market soon and I am very excited! Glad yours went well!

Adorable!!!

Looks great already!! The rabbit is adorable :^3

So fun to get a behind the scenes look at an author's process!

I love the bookmarks; they are so pretty! Would you mind linking the tools you used?

Hi

Couldn’t agree more! It is so hard to find good books today. I spend forever finding modern books that I like enough to buy and bring home.

I actually love when a book has a few harmless scribbles or messages in the front. It gives it this special history ❤

I really enjoyed your video. Love the honesty and the passion you have for your business. I have a question: How do you drive traffic to your website? Is it just from social media, or do you have other tactics...like seo or paid traffic. Thank you and keep going...I'll keep watching!