Read Carolyn Crimi’s gut-busting assessment of celebrities who write children’s books:

“As a picture book writer who has been toiling away on her craft for centuries, I find the recent rash of celebrity books unbearable. It seems you can’t walk into any of the big chains without knocking over one of these books. Not that I would ever knock one of these literary gems off the shelves, but I’ve heard that some writers do.

“And who can blame them? We, um, actually WORK on our craft. We spend time on it. I can’t help but think that most of the celeb books out there are born in the following way:” (More…scroll to Revenge of the Children’s Book Writer)