My friend's daughter is a very talented writer. She has written a Children's book and has had a few requests for the full script from agents. However it never gets further than that. She accepts she's lucky to even get that far and rejection is part of being a writer. She can't help feeling bitter, however, when she sees celeb after celeb publishing mediocre books and getting loads of publicity.
I find it depressing as well. There are so many good children's writers out there but you have to wade through so much dross to find them in bookshops.
younger relatives don't do conversation
Those were the Days! I copied this from a recent Probus mag. ( author unknown) So very true.