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How many other story books for children can we come up with? How many?

I was today at the international book fest in Bucharest - Gaudeamus. I went there just for a special event held by Vellant Publishing House. I was there a little bit earlier and while browsing trough the publishers expo corners I realised that there are so many story books for children that even I, as a grown up and a future father, did not know what to choose. For me to be sure that one story book is suitable for a small child I have to read it before :).
I know that in my childhood we had some story books and ended-up learning them as a poem.
The Forest Fairy-Tale, Mother, The Beautiful Flowers, Catrina and the Giant Nap, The Story Alphabet, The Boat with the Peacock Tale, The Small King, The Summer Story, The Spring Story, etc. - those are my translations in English of the Romanian version - I know, as you  do, that the proper names do not translate - but I did id for your amusement. All those titles sound funny in English.
So, i come back to my question........why do I have to buy all those books, many of them having the same subject but with different names in. Why do we have to sacrifice all this paper just to sell another, and another story book for children?
We all know that today's children don`t really read outside classes. At home there is the nemesis, maybe PS4 Pro or XBOX ONE S and he is good with it. I think that is important for the children to hold a book in his hands, but I also think that is okay to read the classical stories from a XBOX ONE S after 30 minutes of playing Detective Stories. Finish a chapter in the book, get a 15 minutes bonus playing a game :)
these are the titles I translated for you - various publishers

Vellant Publishing House



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