It may have started with read-along books and tapes, but I also have fond memories of the time spent reading and borrowing books at the local library. Other than the Bible, which, of course, is the most important but for all ages rather than just being a kids' book in particular, I can't say which book I really remember most, since there were always so many books surrounding me. I do remember receiving at least one entire box of books from a great aunt who was more like a grandmother to me. Since her kids were too old for them, and she didn't have any grandkids of her own yet, I inherited a whole slough of them, and I'm very grateful for the love this gift expressed. I know I didn't manage to fit this all into one sentence, but it's my true story, and I'm sticking to it 😁

A book becomes a child's escape from a troubled life, when he or she disappears into its pages and enters the world of the story and learns how to deal with life by the time he or she reaches the end of the book and is returned to the real world

I get to a point and then get distracted by a combination of uncertainty of what should come next, and the presence of so many other projects in my mind and in various stages of writing and pre-writing

@Zack Bush the problem is I know how to structure a good plot and where I want to end up, but not always the steps I want to take to get there

I would write for a parent or Christian teacher who wants to use fantasy and imagination to instill Christian values in their kids. The stories would be written to the kids but marketed to the parents and teachers, and with supplemental teaching materials available directly to the latter

@Zack Bush yes, the stories should reach the kids with their sense of wonder and imagination, rather than coming across didactically

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