Tag: picture books
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Bang Bang You’re Dead
Bang Bang You’re Dead Fitzhugh and Scoppettone 1969. Submitter: Target audience on cover flap: K-3. In today’s climate, kids shooting guns, kids aiming guns at one another – heck, guns in general! – in a children’s book are tough to explain. Some of the text, such as “‘I got you…
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Phonics Phun
The Fantastic Phonics Food Factory Wilkes and Grogan 2000 Submitter: The Fantastic Phonics Food Factory is neither savory nor sweet. It is overly spicy and not fit for human consumption. Usually cucumbers get a bad rap but this book equally sexualizes all foods, fruits, vegetables and processed meats. It has…
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Bogus POTUS
The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln Reiss 2003 Submitter: (Warning… 12 year old boy humor alert : ) This book is about an unusual looking boy whose parents send him away to camp where he meets other unusual looking children & realizes he’s ok. So heartwarming, right? Nope. We were…
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Get Cancer and a Pony!
No Longer Afraid Sanford 1992 Our pal Doris is back with another in depth look at childhood cancer as part of the Children of Courage series. (Please check the category of “Doris Hall of Infamy” for more examples.) Our child hero is Jaime is diagnosed with cancer and had to…
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Family Fun with Alzheimer’s Disease
Maria’s Grandma Gets Mixed Up Sanford 1989 I know all of you look forward to when our favorite author discusses major social problems. This time Doris tackles Alzheimer’s disease. Given the destructive nature of Alzheimer’s, books geared to kids should be part of any collection plan. I think we can skip…
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Death in a Bottle
The Brown Bottle Jones 1983 Submitter: Found this in storage (at least that’s our saving grace – this wasn’t on the shelf!) of a small town public library. I have now weeded it. It’s a picture book about a caterpillar who is an alcoholic. And dies instead of changing into a butterfly.…
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