Year: 2013
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Mommy is a Drunk
I Know The World’s Worst Secret Sanford 1987 Long time readers of this blog will recognize the illustrations. Yes, it is the same author of our Satan for Kids book. Our story is that this little girl lives with an alcoholic mother. The house is messy (a true sign of…
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A Bedtime Story With a Nice Side of Guilt
Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories Maxwell 1964 (original copyright 1928) An alert reader of this blog was so excited to share this book. She remembered being fascinated as a child by these somewhat gruesome, guilt inducing stories. This was a multi-volume set of bedtime stories originally published in the 1920s by…
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Eski-mo-no-you-didn’t
Conversational Eskimo Peacock 1977 The submitter points out that this book is not politically correct – and they’re right, but that’s only one of its many flaws. First of all, this is described as a “booklet.” Any booklet that has lasted 36 years and is still in what looks like…
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Weed the Weed Book
Pot: What it is, What it does Tobias 1979 Get it? Weed the weed books? Ha! I’m hilarious. Anyway. Pot is a hot topic right now. To be blunt, budding librarians may not get that even drug books have a shelf life. It’s a chronic problem to have books like this taking…
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Say “Bye Bye Bye” to this one!
‘N Sync Backstage Pass Your Kickin’ Keepsake Scrapbook Johns 1999 I know you are all dying to get the inside scoop on the ‘N Sync boys. I usually confuse this group with the Backstreet Boys, much to the horror of some of my friends who are dedicated boy band experts.…
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How to Speak Australian
G’Day! Teach Yourself Australian in 20 Easy Lessons Bowles 1986 Those of you planning a trip to the wonderful country of Australia might be wise to bring this handy guide to Australian. I invite the Aussies to please comment on the veracity of such a book. I had a blast…
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