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Even if the stories are intended to be read as bedtime stories, when kids start reading they often start with the bedtime stories that have been read to them. I think the illustrations would be a great addition.
I will admit that I'm partial to illustrations in stories, having been an avid reader of science fiction magazines since the mid sixties, and I still haunt used book stores looking for old issues that I missed. I recently found a 1963 copy of Fantastic Stories with Fritz Leiber's Bazaar of the Bizarre, a Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser story. I loved the B&W interior illustration. I have the same story in an ebook collection from Baen (no illustrations) and I really miss the illustrations.
Still, "No illustrations" would be a better choice than "Bad/Amateurish illustrations," so be careful with choosing the artist.
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