Heiki Vilep ja uusim lastekirjandus
nineties. The upheaval is characterised by an increase in the number of original
publications and improvement in the quality and design of publications. Children's
literature which is supposed to associate with ethical, aesthetic and social development
of young generations has become a part of an entertainment industry called children's
culture. One cannot become a successful children's writer without realising and
following this development.
In this thesis I observe the extraliterary factors influencing the development of new
Estonian children's literature. The development of re-independence time Estonian
children's literature is characterised by the domination of translated literature which
introduced the market with badly translated and edited yet colourful books. It became
evident that for a book's success it does not only have to be well written but also well
designed.
Modeled on colourful translated books of western origin Heiki Vilep's books for
annaabi.ee 
