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None of these are on my TBR for December as I've read almost all of them before, although A History of Burning is badly overdue (I'm very behind on my ARCs). The worm-eaten “The Crisis“ (by the American Churchill) is the oldest physical book I own. The tagged book is the first book I ever owned! I'm sure which ones I got in university are fairly obvious. 😆

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#CryWolf I feel like Pierre is a modern take on this fable, and by far my favorite version of the story is done by Amanda Palmer early in her Dresden Dolls career https://youtu.be/aenwwEx1LcA?feature=shared

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Found this in my LFL this morning, and since I am a HUGE fan of Maurice Sendak, I have absconded with it.
Sorry, neighborhood children!
Scholastic, second printing, December 1964

#CharactersReading Or...characters looking. 😄

“In January it‘s so nice Sipping chicken soup with rice Sipping once Sipping twice Sipping chicken soup with rice”

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This is my son Griffin (also seen as The Grinch a couple of my posts back) reading to his son, Canon. Yesterday, he pulled a couple of his old picture books (think 1990‘s) from my shelves for Canon. All of a sudden I recalled the tagged stored in a bucket of our paperback picture books. What are the odds (even the spelling)!?

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I think, at this point, I have to say I am just not that into Sendak‘s books. This is the third I‘ve read, and while it is a Caldecott Honor Book, I thought this was just a little out there. This has been challenged and banned for nudity, religion and witchcraft. Plus, the idea of goblins snatching babies in the middle of the night would have freaked me out as a kid. Oh well…at least I tried it! #BBRC #PictureBook #LetterO

Mickey falls asleep and has an adventure with bakers in a kitchen. Admittedly, I‘m not a follower of Sendak (I‘m not a fan of Where the Wild Things Are…don‘t hate me!), but I thought I would give this Caldecott Honor a try. It was just okay for me. I was a bit horrified by what the bakers do to Mickey. And, as you view the illustrations, you will guess why this book has been challenged so much over the years.. #BBRC #PictureBook Letter I

2⭐ The book barely made sense. In a way it reminds me of the David Bowie movie Labyrinth where the Goblin King comes and takes the baby away. Here the goblins take the baby away to marry the baby to a goblin. The sister comes in playing her horn, turns the goblins to steam and fights their way home again. According to the NYPL this book was banned for Nudity, religion, and witchcraft. I would not ban it for that, I would just have not bought it.

I chose this for #BBCRPictureBookLetterO cause I read it was Sendak‘s personal favorite of his own work. Also, I think it‘s interesting to see exactly what it looks like when picture books are banned & challenged for devil worship & satanic content. As far as that goes, think along the lines of the plot of Labyrinth (minus Bowie). Still, while goblins are the closest to anything demonic, by today‘s standards both the artwork & the text are dark ⬇️