{"id":354859,"date":"2026-07-08T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/its-time-to-say-goodbye-childtasticbooks\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:00:19","slug":"its-time-to-say-goodbye-childtasticbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=354859","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to say goodbye \u2013 childtasticbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-6553\">\n<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail apostrophe-2-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image.png?resize=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"min(275px, 100vw)\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"It\u2019s time to say goodbye\" class=\"attachment-apostrophe-2-featured wp-post-image\"\/>\t\t<\/figure>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/2026\/05\/13\/its-time-to-say-goodbye\/image-25\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image.png\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image.png?w=275\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image.png?w=275\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image.png 275w, https:\/\/childtasticbooks.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image.png?w=150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, I think it is time to say goodbye to Childtastic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of you who have followed me for years will have realised that I don\u2019t really post on here anymore. This is because I am no longer working in children\u2019s books and literacy\/literature. I loved my time being a librarian and studying children\u2019s literature, but now I am focusing more on general literacy and literature. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of my reason for leaving the field was due to a growing disillusionment with children\u2019s literature. There are many wonderful authors and illustrators working out there who are amazing. However, there are also a lot of people interested solely in making money from children\u2019s literature and the results often speak for themselves. I am not in the business of naming names but suffice it to say that I was finding it harder and harder to recommend books to children that stood out for their quality and respect for children\u2019s intelligence and I felt that there were other people better qualified than me to step in and take over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, it seems as if my site is often visited by schools as some sort of activity to comment on posts \u2013 perhaps an IT \/ computer literacy lesson. While I don\u2019t mind this per se, I often receive rude and sometimes offensive posts which I then have to block. This is not the sort of interaction I had hoped for when I set up the site. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to thank all of you who have supported me over the years \u2013 readers, writers, illustrator, publishers. You know who you are and I wish you every success in the world of children\u2019s publishing. Please continue to fly the flag for quality reading!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will make this site private in around a week \u2013 I just want this post up so you know what is happening to the site before I take it down.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, I think it is time to say goodbye to Childtastic. Many of you who have followed me for years will have realised that I don\u2019t really post on here anymore. This is because I am no longer working in children\u2019s books and literacy\/literature. 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