• Let the Fur Fly

    Let the Fur Fly

    How to Buy & Maintain a Fur Coat: A Practical Guide to Luxury Goldin and Lulow 1986 Submitter: This book is currently available at our local public library &… Surprise!… on the same shelf as a copy of Do-it-Yourself Coffins for Pets and People (a “classic” Awful Library Book nominee!). …

  • Talking the Talk

    Talking the Talk

    50 Useful English Dialogues For You and Your Friends Kuznetsova 2007 Submitter: While weeding in the children’s world languages section of our public library, this book caught my attention because of the mild condition issues and the chicken on the cover who likes to dance.  There are many things rather…

  • Gayness Explained

    Gayness Explained

    Alfie’s Home Cohen 1993 Since little kids are constantly wondering about being gay, finally there is a picture book that explains everything. I am sure gay people everywhere will be so relieved to find out why they are gay. In this lovely story we have a boy named Alfie. His…

  • Fashion for Pregnancy

    Fashion for Pregnancy

    Maternity Style How to Look Your Best When You’re at Your Biggest Brinley 1985 I am not sure this book delivers the part on “looking your best.” I think my favorite of these fashions are the business suit and of course the “getting comfortable” clothes. I do remember when the…

  • Mommy is a Drunk

    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…

  • A Bedtime Story With a Nice Side of Guilt

    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…