Why Family Friendly Books

Just wanted to drop a quick note about why we chose to be a 'family friendly' publishing company. There are far too many books out there which feed our children garbage. Books written for young adolescents that touch on suicide, intimacy, and violence are not proper for that age group (in our eyes anyway). Sadly, many parents do not check over books before they buy them, especially now that e-books are so widely available and popular.

Let me give an example. We were in a bookstore looking over children's books. Sandwiched in between some classic "Golden Books" was a story about seals. It had a very attractive cover picture with a beautiful harp seal. My kids loves stories about animals so I picked it off the shelf and gave it a quick scan. I was astonished at the content. Full of violent language and graphic pictures about hunting these seals. Both the written and graphic material would surely give little 4 - 5 year-olds nightmares. The book was actually written for this young audience and was not placed by accident in the children's section of the bookstore. I brought it to the attention of one of the clerks who quickly ushered it off the shelves, with apologies galore.

There are other stories I could share where my wife and I have come across other books written for children and discovered less graphic, but more subtle attempts by the authors to undermine the innocence of our children. Stories where the parents are made to look like idiots and the children behave disrespectfully or often times, violently against them. It all looks funny and harmless, but the subtle messages are being sent.

So with that, we decided to publish books on Amazon, like The Adventures of Bob and Joe, Volume 1 . There is nothing subversive or violent in these delightful stories. Emma Ward does a great job of putting together stories which teach the importance of friendship and fair play. Obviously we'd love for you to buy this book as we are invested in it and the author, but we think you will get a treasury of wonderful, safe, family friendly entertainment for your children. Please enjoy this story and many others that we have listed on this blog.