The original The X-Files series was freaky enough to give adults nightmares. As for children I’m pretty sure my kids would be scarred for at least a year if they caught any of those episodes. Maybe kids are just WAY tougher these days? I can’t think of any other explanation other than that for having an X-Files children’s book. But apparently this is real. Entertainment Weekly reports (via Syfy Wire) that, in August, Pop Classic Picture Books is releasing a children’s book based on The X-Files.
The X Files: Earth Children Are Weird, meant for readers ages 4 through 8, follows the curious best buds Mulder and Scully during a backyard sleepover. The pint-sized kiddos get spooked by the strange noises and shadows the night brings. Is it aliens? Are there totally rational scientific explanations? According to the publisher’s blurb, the picture book, which is illustrated by Kim Smith, is a sweet, silly, sci-fi bedtime story that’s “humorous and not-scary-at-all.”
So I guess when kids are done reading this children’s book they can move on to young adult novels? Eventually they’ll be able to tolerate an “X-Files” episode? I mean what’s the aim in all of this? I don’t see one good reason for an X-Files children’s book. I really don’t.
