I just don't get why it's out of print (when I don't think his other stuff is).
But, ack, they've "updated" it! It's all weird. Look how politically correct!
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
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."
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2008 9:32:28 am PDT #6654 of 28380
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
megan walker - Jul 09, 2008 9:41:42 am PDT #6655 of 28380
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That's the Word book, Busy, Busy World is different. The stories each take place with different characters in different cities: Pip Pip in London, Pierre the Paris Policeman, Couscous the Algerian Detective, the Klondike Kid, etc.
P.M. Marc - Jul 09, 2008 9:47:17 am PDT #6656 of 28380
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
As the mother of a daughter who loves books with action, and has a hard time finding girls starring in the above, thus leading to the time-honored tradition of "George is a girl in this one" (hey, I have books where you can see where I altered the genders to my liking as a kid), I approve of the changes in the book.
(I didn't actually WANT her reading Curious George, as I have Issues with the colonialist aspect of it, but she inherited a bunch of them.)
Susan W. - Jul 09, 2008 9:52:15 am PDT #6657 of 28380
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Annabel bends the genders all on her own--at least, when she plays with her castle and all the toy horses she's named after herself and her classmates, Annabel-Horse gets to be the king. The first time I saw her do this, I said something about how a queen is a girl king, but she said, no, Annabel was the king, and I decided that was just fine.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2008 9:53:24 am PDT #6658 of 28380
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I approve of the changes in the book.
Oh, yeah, some of them are fine. Some of them are just weird, though.
megan walker - Jul 09, 2008 9:54:12 am PDT #6659 of 28380
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The yellow ribbons are my favorite.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2008 10:00:50 am PDT #6660 of 28380
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Right? Instant girl!
sumi - Jul 09, 2008 10:10:58 am PDT #6661 of 28380
Art Crawl!!!
The Trib lists their top 50 magazines.
DavidS - Jul 09, 2008 10:17:48 am PDT #6662 of 28380
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Trib lists their top 50 magazines.
Rolling Stone? ::eyes roll like a stone which gathers no moss::
Hil R. - Jul 09, 2008 10:43:05 am PDT #6663 of 28380
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Two of my favorites as a kid were Tell Me a Mitzi and One Morning in Maine. The pictures in Tell Me a Mitzi are great, too -- really colorful and detailed. Strega Nona was another favorite.
For chapter books, I second the recommendation for Amelia Bedelia. Maybe also Winnie the Pooh?