在美国,儿童书在早年并不太受重视,处于图书界二等地位,而现今已普遍认为儿童书是行业的盈利中心和进行创作的舞台,过去七十五年见证了这部分书的惊人增长和重新定位。正如伦纳德·马库斯在一本新的儿童书史《可信赖的守护人:理想主义者、企业家、美国儿童文学的形成》中所说, In the United States, children’s books were not valued much in the early years and ranked second in the books. Nowadays, children’s books are generally regarded as the industry’s profit center and arena for creation. This book has witnessed amazing surprises in the past 75 years Growth and repositioning. As Leonard Marcus put it in the new book History of Children, Trusted Guardian: The Idealist, Entrepreneur, The Formation of American Children’s Literature,