• Fear the Robot Invasion!

    Fear the Robot Invasion!

    50 Facts About Robots Lambert 1983 A 6 year old regular patron of mine once stated “you can’t have too many robot books”. True enough. However, I think we can safely let this one slide into the great beyond.  Aside from the dirty cover and tape repairs, this book is…

  • More bad processing

    Sassy: Little Sister Is NOT My Name! Draper 2010 Submitter: True Story. My daughter and I were at school shelving summer intervention books, and she brought my library copy of Sassy up to me with a giggle.  I swear I had not shown her the previous posts!  Oddly, I had…

  • Weeding in the gardening section

    Weeding in the gardening section

    Make Friends with Your Fruit Trees Baker 1973 Submitter:  I just found another awful book for your page, this one is the PITS!! Well, it’s about fruit trees so “the pits” is probably a great way to refer to it…   The part I really liked is the list of books…

  • Will Disco Ever Die?

    Will Disco Ever Die?

    Disco Dancing Cherry and Tomlan 1979 Submitter: Will Disco Ever Die?  Found this in the children’s books and it’s kept me laughing for several days so maybe we should keep it – recataloged under Humor.  Tap disco????  Who would be able to hear the tapping in a noisy disco??! Holly:…

  • Older Than God

    Older Than God

    Triumph of God’s Love White 1957 Submitter: We are a state university in Connecticut, and we found this little gem while pulling hold requests today. Someone actually placed a hold on it… Besides being incredibly outdated, this wonderful piece of literature (thankfully!) has some very humorous illustrations. According to the…

  • Kids Cook Too

    Kids Cook Too

    Betty Crocker’s Cook Book for Boys and Girls Crocker 2003 Submitter: We pride ourselves on having an up to date collection.   Unfortunately while trying to find a cookbook for a reluctant reader who loves cooking, I found this atrocity.  Granted it is a reprint from 2003, but there have been…