Regarding art and literature for children, we can take inspiration from the late Polish raised American immigrant and writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.
The following is an excerpt from I.B. Singer's 1978 speech at the banquet for Noble Prize Winners as seen in the book "Journey to My Father, Isaac Bashevis Singer" by Israel Zamir (Arcade Pub., N.Y. 1994)
"There are five hundred reasons why I began to write for children, but to save time I will mention only ten of them…
1. Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics.
2. Children don't read to find their identity.
3. They don't read to free themselves of guilt, to quench their thirst for rebellion, or to get rid of alienation.
4. They have no use for psychology.
5. They detest sociology.
6. They don't try to understand Kafka or Finnegan's Wake.
7. They still believe in the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff.
8. They love interesting stories, not commentary, guides or footnotes.
9. If a book is boring, they yawn openly, without any shame or fear of authority.
10. They don't expect their beloved writer to redeem humanity. Young as they are, they know that it is not in his power. Only the adults have such childish illusions.“
And no matter your age, his book
"ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER - STORIES FOR CHILDREN” will delight you.
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