Author: Holly
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We Came to North America
We Came to North America: The Jews Horton 2000 Submitter: Perhaps the most surprising thing of all about this book is that, despite being published in the year 2000, the author and editors decided that it was okay to name the book “The Jews”. My birthday is Pearl Harbor Day,…
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Babies by Bums
Having Babies By Bums: Every Woman’s Guide to Choosing a Great Father for Her Child Webb 2014 The author, a self-proclaimed “bastard” whose father was a “bum,” tells women how to avoid relationships with men who aren’t father material. He also helps women recognize what it is that makes bums…
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Tumbling and Trampolining
Tumbling and Trampolining Loken 1977 Submitter: I weeded this book from my high school library immediately upon seeing it–way back in 1990. For some reason, however, I can’t seem to throw it away. It’s just too awful and each photo is better/worse than the previous one. Uncharacteristically for high schoolers,…
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God Loves Mimes
Mime Ministry: An illustrated, easy-to-follow guidebook for organizing, programming and training a troupe of Christian mimes Toomey 1986 Submitter: Weeded for condition from a public library, where it was still circulating. I think I’m finding it funny because of the “Troupe of Christian Mimes” in the title – one trained…
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A-Diskette A-Daskette
Hello, Mr. Chips! Bishop 1982 Submitter: I think this was probably a fantastic middle school book in 1982. What makes it awful now is that my students have never even heard of the terms that make up the punchlines. Also, the illustrations of computers with massive CPUs and pin-feed printers…
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Poison! Beware!
Poison! Beware! Be an Expert Poison Spotter Skidmore 1990 The cover of this book is awesomely awful! It reminds me of Latawnya the partying horse. Here we have: -A poisonous spider -Smoking a poisonous cigarette -On a poisonous mushroom -After taking poisonous pills (with a poison hazard symbol on the…
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