I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

Cheese Man ,'Chosen'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


§ ita § - Oct 23, 2007 6:08:05 pm PDT #4199 of 28235
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That Moo Ba La La La one.

I tend to go Jamaican or African for kids books, just to take down the chances that I'll duplicate stuff. Might look a bit weird coming from you, but considering a theme might make it so you don't pile on her with repeats.


DavidS - Oct 23, 2007 6:30:17 pm PDT #4200 of 28235
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I like Jamberry too.

There are lots of fun board books available. I do think the Monster at the End of the Book is still in print.


Laga - Oct 23, 2007 6:39:21 pm PDT #4201 of 28235
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!


Glamcookie - Oct 23, 2007 8:42:45 pm PDT #4202 of 28235
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

I do think the Monster at the End of the Book is still in print.

It is and is even available as a board book (thought I don't see it on Amazon anymore in board book form). I bought it for my niece when she was an infant and she still loves it at 3. Other faves of hers are Sheep in a Jeep, Is Your Mama a Llama?, and the Clifford books.


Toddson - Oct 24, 2007 3:16:59 am PDT #4203 of 28235
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

And the classic "Pat the Bunny" and its sequel, "Pat the Cat".


DavidS - Oct 24, 2007 5:25:37 am PDT #4204 of 28235
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And the classic "Pat the Bunny" and its sequel, "Pat the Cat".

I still have Emmett's favorite variation on this: Pat the Stimpy.


Toddson - Oct 24, 2007 6:22:13 am PDT #4205 of 28235
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

The original was written by an alumna of my college, the sequel by her daughter. So, in the alumnae bulletin, mixed in with the scholarly publications there will be a notice that a new edition of one or the other is out. I always find it amusing.


Kathy A - Oct 24, 2007 6:39:59 am PDT #4206 of 28235
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

My favorite books to buy for new baby showers are Tuesday by David Wiesner and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka.

Tuesday is told with almost all pictures (there's a grand total of about ten words throughout the story), and it's about the Tuesday that the frogs flew on their lilypads through a subdivision. Hilarious drawings!

And The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is told from the wolf's perspective--he was just trying to borrow a cup of sugar, but they got all hostile.


Toddson - Oct 24, 2007 6:42:04 am PDT #4207 of 28235
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

oooooh - the art in Tuesday is amazing!


Amy - Oct 24, 2007 6:55:00 am PDT #4208 of 28235
Because books.

And The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is told from the wolf's perspective--he was just trying to borrow a cup of sugar, but they got all hostile.

This book is awesome. So funny.