台灣有不少成人寫給兒童讀的傳記，但仔細檢視，很多作品都有問題。有的作者誤解史料，下筆違反歷史常識。有的作者混淆小說和傳記，誤把虛構的人物情節抄入傳記。有的作者忽略兒童不了解古代度量衡、禮制、官職等，只照錄而沒有說明；有時有說明卻又說錯了。有的作者沒有參閱資料原文，只是因襲兒童傳記舊作，也重複前人的錯誤。有的作者取捨材料，忽略或隱瞞了重要事件，不能完整的如實刻畫傳主。如果作者在下筆之前，下過充分的準備功夫，也願意費心處理有爭議的題材，可以減少或避免上述缺點。此外，插圖和圖畫傳記都可以大力發展，為當代兒童努力製作更好的傳記作品。

In this article I argue that there are many problems in the biographies for children in Taiwan. By supporting examples I discuss five issues as followings, first, fictional materials were misused as historical facts in biography. Second, ancient system of length, weight, capacity and currency were retold without explaining the difference to the modern system. Third, the action and speech of characters were misrepresented. Forth, mistakes were remained when borrowing information from others biographies. Fifth, great men or women were shaped by ignoring important events. In sum, I argue that many biographers didn't spend enough time to study for their works. Besides, I suggest that biography for children should be supported by better illustrations.