Good point, BB. There is some wonderful stuff out there in younger children's literature too, because children are assumed to still think and express themselves like normal human beings, I suppose, unprogrammed yet by sophisticated modern style and "coolness". There's a lot of great art in the better children's books. I wish there were more books written for adults that showed that sort of imagination.

Straightforward affirmative spiritual writing is often rejected too, because it's just not cynical enough to appeal to the "cool" set, steeped in their world-weary posturing and self-important negativism. It's as if they gloried in the rugged discovery that life is hard, mean, unfair, and ultimately tragic (not true!).