Wednesday, June 01, 2005
why are you calling me a barbarian?
Mikey pulled the name of a kid's book out of his ass, "Moe Q. McGlutch, he smoked too much." Being the freak that I am, I decided to see if I could find any information on it, and found this great site going over children's book methodology and genres. Not only was it a great blast to the past with classics like "Make way for ducklings" and "The velveteen rabbit," but also introduced me to some books I've never heard of. LIKE...
I've gotta write children's books. That would be fun. I'll just pretend I'm telling Rhiannon a story.
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- "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"
- "It's a spoon, not a shovel"
- "The dumb bunnies' Easter" described as "a story so comically scrambled as to be equally inappropriate for all occasions, not just Easter."
- "Why are you calling me a barbarian?" - from amazon "...two children living in the third century A.D.: Martilla, a nine-year-old Roman slave girl, and Marbord, the 11-year-old son of an arms merchant from Scandia."
There's also a mention of the style of picturebooks for kids in adult settings.
"Edward Gorey was the chief practitioner of this hybrid approach. See for instance his "The curious sofa: a pornographic work by Ogdred Weary".
This book is, of course, not pornographic at all--unless the readers make up lewd interpretations for its puzzling text and images, in compliance with the expectations created by the title. Nevertheless, the title itself makes this book inappropriate for children."
I've gotta write children's books. That would be fun. I'll just pretend I'm telling Rhiannon a story.
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