From my childhood on till today The Little Golden Book series
has always stood for quality and innocents in children’s picture books. In fact
I have recently started collecting old Golden Books, when I find them at
antique shows, for their wonderful vintage illustrations and nostalgic
sentiment. Yesterday I was looking at some new children’s books at a local
store. Ever since my books were published I like to periodically check out the
new competition as it is released and to my total surprise I saw a new Little
Golden Book about, of all things, the Iron Man. Now I ask you . . . The Iron Man? Really? What are
they thinking? Comic books have their place and even though I have never been a
reader of them I respect the talent it takes to create them, and like baseball
cards they are a huge part of American culture but lets leave those characters
as that. The Little Golden Books and Marvel Comics are not a good partnership.
I know this is just my opinion but I don’t think that a toddler needs to be
exposed to the story of Tony Stark as the Iron Man or indeed any super hero.
Let a child be a child first.
End rant.
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