The trouble with children’s books… according to an interview with a childrens’ book author in the Saturday Extra (from mid-March) about the difficulties of publishing books with realistic action that will attract boys because of the need for co-edition publishing in the US, an illustrator ‘had to take the udders off a cow before they would release the book in the US’. The author also says, ‘because of the Bible belt, we can’t write about the supernatural, magic and witches, horror, etc.’. Also, ‘writers cannot denigrate teachers or their authority’. The most amazing statement of all is that the author of the Harry Potter books that have got not only kids but adults reading fiction again, J.K. Rowling, ‘is in the top-five banned authors’, ‘meaning government subsidy money cannot be used to purchase her books’.