: Re: How To Make Something Straight-foward and Dark Into A Kid's Picture Book? Let me explain. My book is about a little boy directed by a "wolf" to burn his farm's sheep. Consequently,

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Your question is: Could this plotline be geared to young children? Honestly, I would deliver a strong no.
Unless you make it more lighthearted like how I suggested in my comments, as Chris answered - it would not be appropriate for young children and no publisher would publish it.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a good idea and it would probably work for older audiences, but it is a touchy topic that is controversial on how to teach to young children. If I were you, I would consider the following:
A: If you absolutely need to publish this for young children, you should make it more lighthearted and subtle, because if you end your book with the mc dying while going to a meatpacking factory you will totally terrify your young audience in an unneeded way.
B: If you care about this topic and decide not to write it for children, you should write a novel for older kids directly addressing it instead of dancing around it with animals and such.
If you do write this book according to point B, you need to do lots of research to make your book as factual as possible.
Does this help?

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