Commercialization of Children’s Literature
I was at Barnes and Noble when I saw this horrible book:
It’s not the subject that offends me, it’s that they feature a clownfish on the cover. How likely is a new book to feature a clownfish, unless it’s trying to steal some of the Finding Nemo market?
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