Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have 1how difficult it is to write a good2 book. Either the author has aimed too3 , so that the children can't follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, 4 the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The5children's books are neither very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the child who6 the story and the7who reads it. Unfortunately, there are in fact8 books like this, so the problem of 9 the right bedtime story is not 10 to solve. 11the time parents find their children don't like the books which they themselves do. This may be why many of the books regarded as works of children's literature were12written for grown-ups. "Alice in Wonderland" （《爱丽丝梦游仙境》）is perhaps the13example of this. Children, left for themselves, often14the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a(n)15 or library and he will more likely to choose books written in an unimaginative way, or have a look at children's comics (漫画), full of the stories and16which teachers and right-thinking parents consider of no value. Perhaps we parents should17 trying to brainwash children into18our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so 19 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the 20 books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise (妥协) over that bedtime story.
