Children's books with humans have greater moral impact than animals, study finds
The article interviews a few author's reactions at the end of the article which seem to indicate they either don't believe the scientific research, don't get it or don't care:<p>> <i>Kes Gray, the author of the bestselling rhyming animal series Oi Frog and Friends, was unperturbed by the researchers’ findings. “Authors and illustrators have no need to panic here, as long as we keep all of the animal protagonists in all of their future stories unreservedly cuddly. Big hair, big eyes and pink twitchy noses should pretty much nail it,” he said.</i><p>Perhaps there might be a problem with these type of authors influencing large portions of the young population.