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D is for Dying
The Mime Alphabet Book Gaslorowicz 1974 This is a picture book for young children learning the alphabet. As you read through, the left page is the letter and a word spelled out, then on the right page is a picture of a mime acting out the word. Cute. Except… the…
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Please don’t talk about it anymore!
I Can’t Talk About It A child’s book about sexual abuse Sanford 1986 I hate to say it, but I think we do need to talk about it…. Our good friend Doris wrote another book for your consideration. Just like the previous titles, this one is also a candidate for…
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All the Cool Kids Customize!
Customizing Your Van Girdler, Revised by Caiati 3rd ed., 1986 Submitter: So, I was weeding our nonfiction collection today when I found this beauty. I love this book so much, especially since it’s lived quietly on our shelf for lo these 26 years. I particularly love the liberal use of shag…
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Aliens Identified
Photo credit: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/exlibris/7989137069/sizes/m/ Men in the Flying Saucers Identified: Not a Mystery Grant 1950-1959? Huge thanks to @exlibris of The Little Big Blog for this amazing find. While she didn’t find it in a library, rest assured that it is alive and well (ok, alive and awful) at various libraries out…
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There’s a Thin Person Inside You!
There’s a Thin Person Inside You! Schoenthaler 1983 Submitter: This book was in our nursing library (in a community college) and it’s all kinds of wrong! I’ll start with the cover. Ew. Next, fat people are referred to as “fatty’s” and surely if you’re fat you must be completely miserable! Overall,…
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Ladies, You Can Cure the Blahs
How to Say YES to Life: A Woman’s Guide to Beating the Blahs Miller 1971 Where do I begin? This book is deliciously awful! First, the condition of this book is a crime. There is an unidentified substance (I don’t want it identified either) and the binding is broken. I…
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