Category: For the Kids
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President Citizen
President Citizen Goffee 1992 Submitter: We are currently re-cataloguing and re-classifying our Education Library and this little gem popped up on my desk. It’s a wonderful little book about the president… more specifically the American president and how to become the main man. I started reading this book and was…
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End of the World–for Kids!
Nobody Wants a Nuclear War Vigna 1986 Indeed, no one does want a nuclear war! That is still true today. There’s no perfect way to talk to children about scary subjects. Maybe a book will help them wrap their little brains around the idea of nuclear war. Then again, maybe it…
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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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The Final Frontier
You and Space Travel Lewellen 1951 Believe it or not, I found this among an active public library youth collection. Seriously, 1951 on space travel. Here I was griping about stuff on space from the early sixties or this one from the 1980s. According to WorldCat, there are plenty of university…
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Our Granny
Our Granny Wild 1994 Submitter: I found this book while looking for titles to weed that had never been checked out. The cover & title seem harmless enough, but it’s what’s inside that had us rolling with laughter. The grandmas depicted are rotund and partially clothed for most of the…
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The Other Bride of Chucky
The Lonely Doll Wright 1957, 1985 Submitter: I guess this could be a really cute concept; photos of a doll and all of her little toy friends. BUT NO! It is really quite creepy. One page (scanned) shows big bear paddling dolly whilst baby bear sits idly by. “I may…
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