# Chronic-Induced Children's Books The Robert Brockway Book Was Written While High By Jacqueline Parrish | Published 2009-10-23 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/childrens-books References: [cracked](http://www.cracked.com/blog/a-touching-childrens-book-written-while-high/) & [ucalgary](http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown/) If you have ever found yourself in a wacky-tobacky smoke-induced haze through which you thought, “I’m going to write a children’s book.” One of the writers of Asylum website has both already beaten you to it and probably written a better book than you ever could. The children’s book “Maxwell the Dinosaur and the Mustachioed Boy” is the vulgar fantastical foray of a mustachioed young boy into a [magical world](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/storyland-illustrated-personalized-ebook) of time machines, [dinosaurs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dinosaur-fossil) and a flaming chicken. Kudos to author Robert Brockway for creating what is soon to become a children’s classic. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 31% | Activity: 7% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Humor](https://www.trendhunter.com/humor) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Drug-influenced Children's Books:** Opportunity for authors to tap into the counter-culture and niche markets by writing creative and unconventional children's books - **Vulgar Children's Content:** A potential shift away from traditional family-friendly content to more taboo and edgy themes - **Alternative Creative Writing:** Experimentation in creative writing styles and subject matter for children's books ### Who This Affects Most - **Publishing:** Opportunities for publishers to diversify and expand their children's book offerings - **Entertainment:** Potential for film or television adaptations of unconventional children's books - **Cannabis:** Opportunity to market and distribute unconventional children's books within cannabis culture ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Mental Health-Centric Childrens Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mindy-mind.md) - [NFT-Funded Children's Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nft-project.md) - [Funny Fruit Snack Storybooks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sometimes-its-not-stealing.md) - [Family Restaurant Picture Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chuck-e-cheese-and-genius-cat-books.md) - [Personalized Toddler Tales](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-spark-book.md) - [Voice-Activated Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/readyland.md) - [Historical Humankind Coffee Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-book.md) - [Humorous Parenting Guides](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eat-pray-cry.md) - [Child-Created Card Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cards-against-humanity-family-edition-1.md)