The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln
Reiss
2003
Submitter: (Warning… 12 year old boy humor alert : ) This book is about an unusual looking boy whose parents send him away to camp where he meets other unusual looking children & realizes he’s ok. So heartwarming, right? Nope. We were asked to weed this book from our elementary school library because a parent complained a character’s illustrated nose looked like a penis. I’m not even kidding! It probably doesn’t help that the character’s name is ‘Dickie’ (he is a boy who looks like Richard Nixon). I guess we won’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.
Holly: Our favorite type of humor! This is a weird book, and the nose does look like a penis, but that doesn’t make it weed-worthy. Do the kids like it? Does it circulate? Also, I like how the complaining parent is more concerned about the penis nose than the kid whose face looks like a horse’s a$$.
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