Children's favorite stories

I had planned on using this part of my blog to share several pictures from favorite stories drawn by children.  I do have several pictures I am sharing.  I have several of the pictures that are from books based on commercial characters, which in turn, are based on stories.  You will notice several fairy tale princesses, and while I would like to say they are princesses straight out of Andersen's or Grimm's fairy tales, they are based on the Disney versions.

Snow White

When I first received the pictures, I was only going to post the ones that were based on "real" books.  It has taken a few days, but I decided to post them all.  One reason, the most obvious, is that I asked the children if they would draw a picture for me to use based on their favorite books, and they worked hard on them. 

Frozen

Another reason, these pictures are a response to the question I had teachers ask:  What is your favorite book?  So, indeed, they did draw their favorite book. 

Ninja Turtle

Still yet, another reason I decided to post all of them is because we do live in a world where commercialism runs rampant.  The fact that the many of the children's responses were based on commercialized characters should not have surprised me, but it did.

When I first saw this picture, I thought perhaps a gingerbread house.  This picture is from the Lego Movie.

The final reason I posted all of these is to pose these questions:  Are parents reading to their children?  Are children exposed to literature besides commercialized books of the characters?  How do parents decide what books to buy children?  How do we influence parents who do not understand the importance of early literature experiences understand the impact literature choices make on reading development?  What place, if any, do commercialized characters have in literature? 
My children have Disney movies and have had toys based on characters from their favorite movies, television shows, and yes, even video games, but I always stopped short of buying books based on them.  Was I wrong? 
My big question for you to answer this time is:  Where do you stand on commercialized literature? 

Dora the Explorer

She could not remember the name of the book.

Frozen

The Little Mermaid

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the actual book!)

Sofia

Cinderella side 1

Cinderella side 2

Ninja of Guardian  (I don't think he could remember the actual title).

Dumbo

SkippyJohn Jones

Inkspell

One of the teachers in our building heard me asking the younger children to draw me some pictures.  He asked what I was doing it for and when I told him, he said he would like to incorporate it into a lesson for the upcoming week and would have his students draw for me, as well.  He teaches our 9-12 year old children.  I must admit, I am intrigued with this thought.  Hopefully I will get some more pictures to share and they may stimulate another topic to write about.