Growing up, books were a big part of my life. From The Pokey Little Puppy to Stewart Little. Beautiful, human written books can motivate children to use their imaginations, to think, to dream, to see things from another perspective, to broaden their worlds.

Sadly, too many dishonest people wanting, perhaps, to make an easy buck off of children and their parents, think they can use AI to churn out books aimed at children. Such books lack the soul of the human experience which children so desperately need while they're growing. AI generated books are bad at the best of times. But AI generated books marketed to children are especially bad because of the vulnerability of the market. Children cannot learn from LLMs like they can from human authors who have spent years honing their craft. The best children's books may have smaller, easier to read words, but they are far from simple. Their themes are deep and abiding, and stick with children all their lives. AI books, churned out by a machine (then published by someone trying to hide the fact that the books are AI) simply cannot do that.