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My Eyes! My Eyes!
Jennifer Jean, the Cross-Eyed Queen Naylor 1994 There truly is a book for everything! Again, the story centers on how bullying can be avoided if you just conform to standards. I don’t really understand the pathology of crossed eyes, but the main message of the book is correcting cross eyes…
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I is for Indian
My “i” Sound Box Moncure 1984 Submitter: We all need to learn the short “i” sound sooner or later, but there are many better and more culturally sensitive titles that can be used to support this phonics goal. While well-used, this book from 1984 is now bordering on racist, with stylized…
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Mmmm Meat!
Meat Recipes for the Family Chef National Livestock and Meat Board 1951 Today we have another recipe book (actually pamphlet) from yesteryear. Obviously, this belongs in an archive. They are great fun and remain a good reminder that cookery does tend to have have a sell by date as far…
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Making Babies
Making Babies: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together Stein 1974 Submitter: I weeded this 1970s gem from a community college where I work. Thankfully, despite its picture book status, it was not cataloged in JUV with all the other picture books. My boss refused to weed anything…
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Best of the Worst 2013 Part 2
We had lots of candidates for our top contenders. The trick is narrowing down some of these choices. Both Holly and I agreed that the book that helped you make your mind so strong that you could actually increase the size of your breasts had to be included. Because if…
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The Best of the Worst in 2013
Long time readers of our site will know that at the end of the year, it is a law of the Internet that we take a moment to reflect on some of the fine choices we have featured on Awful Library Books. Every year Holly and I debate the choices…
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