I wanted to bring you ALL of the incarnations of this book that I found while trying to figure out what was up with...
I wanted to bring you ALL of the incarnations of this book that I found while trying to figure out what was up with Rand McNally. I found an Artist rendition of what we had all been saying in the previous post, that this is creepy stuff. Daddy Hopes He Has Enough Rope In The Trunk, kinda says it, don't you think?
I don't know if Pam WhimsicalVintage had a chance to find out anything more on this. It gets creepier and creepier as we look into it.
ReplyDeletePhotoshopped covers
ReplyDeleteI didn't Margaret Siemers , I looked/searched numerous combinations that would tell some kind of story...but nothing. Who did the "Daddy Hopes He Has Enough Rope in the Trunk"?...very funny!
ReplyDeleteThe other 3 are just for sale in various spots and appear to all original, it is very odd and I'm not giving up the search...one would think that I would have better things to do with my time:) but I'm a sucker for a mystery!
My childhood memory from that era is Dad drives while Mom or Pennywise is in the passenger seat. All windows are rolled up. Buddy and Sissy are in the back seat with headaches and roiling stomachs while Dad, Mom or Pennywise are smoking heavily in front.
ReplyDeleteThe real question, then, is "will Buddy or Sissy be the first to lose lunch?"
lol Mike Martin I see you had the same car we did. Stepmother chain smoking, windows up, no seat belts....how did we all make it. Maybe we could all create our own Auto Trip book covers...wouldn't that be interesting:)
ReplyDeleteThe words of the 4th photo are particularly creepy :-)
ReplyDeleteAnn Kennedy Yes, I think they must be...but the one with the clown was for sale on Amazon...So who know's what is real and what is imagined. (ok, the last one is not real for sure but other than that.)
ReplyDeletePam WhimsicalVintage lol, I copied the link, and put it into a file to save so I would have it when I posted this. lol now I can't find the file I saved it in on the computer. Perhaps this is pennywise?
ReplyDeleteMike Perry Exactly!
ReplyDeleteMike Martin You and Pam have it right. lol
ReplyDeleteFound the link. Do not go there if thins kind of thing is disturbing to you. Mwahahahahaha. Pam WhimsicalVintage
ReplyDeletehttp://flavorwire.com/327017/the-most-disturbing-childrens-books-youve-ever-seen
Margaret Siemers , a true LOL!!! but not for those easily offended:)
ReplyDeleteMargaret Siemers, Pam WhimsicalVintage Ann Kennedy Mike Perry
ReplyDeleteHere's something that was being passed around in the early days of e-mail. Very dark but don't tell me you didn't laugh at at least a couple of them:
"Little Golden Books"
1. You Are Different and That's Bad
2. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables
3. Dad's New Wife Robert
4. Fun four-letter Words to Know and Share
5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do-It Book
6. The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking
7. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her
8. Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence
9. All Cats Go to Hell
10. The Little Sissy Who Snitched
11. Some Kittens Can Fly
12. That's it, I'm Putting You Up for Adoption
13. Grandpa Gets a Casket
14. The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator
15. Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia
16. The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy
17. Strangers Have the Best Candy
18. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way
19. You Were an Accident
20. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will
21. Pop! Goes The Hamster...And Other Great Microwave Games
22. The Man in the Moon Is Actually Satan
23. Your Nightmares Are Real
24. Where Would You Like to Be Buried?
25. Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School
26. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?
27. Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things
28. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
Mike Martin a very loud LOL!!
ReplyDeleteI was going to list my favorite...but they're all my favorites...3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 21, 25, 26 and 28...really had me going!
Thank you!!!
Margaret Siemers , we better ping Aaron Segal on this...somehow it seems right up his alley:)
ReplyDeleteMike Martin So wrong, and yet so funny.
ReplyDelete29. You're going to hell because you laughed at the other 28 titles.
Pam WhimsicalVintage Save me a seat.
Margaret Siemers , they told me you were already booked in first class!
ReplyDeletePam WhimsicalVintage That would be the smoking section.
ReplyDeleteMike Martin Now this is what makes Community, well, Community! The ability of great minds to come together and share lists of excellent literature. Last night I actually dug out my childhood collection of Golden Books and thought about how much fun they could be for adults:-) I notice one favorite is missing from the list. That would be The Pissy Little Puppy!
ReplyDeleteAnn Kennedy - Oh, I happen to have a copy of TPLP. You can have it for $799, a bargain at twice the price. Overnight shipping for an additional $50.
ReplyDeleteKidding, kidding. Please don't hate me :-(
Mike Martin Well, if that's the going rate I just hit the jackpot if I decide to sell my 100 dusty Golden Books. That would cover Christmas, right? hahaha! In 1950 they were 25¢ and my first one was A Day at the Beach.
ReplyDeleteWe wore out a set of the little Beatrix Potter books when our kids were little, to the point that I still remember details such as, "Mrs. Tiggywinkle's nose went sniffle, sniffle, snuffle and her eyes went twinkle, twinkle and she fetched another hot iron from the fire." Say, did you know Mr. Tom Titmouse was "most terrible particular" about his "little dicky shirtfronts?"
ReplyDeleteMike Martin Haha! Laughed at many more than 'a couple of them'. Great stuff!
ReplyDeleteMike Martin Oh gosh! Those were (are) great books. Our kids loved Squirrel Nutkin and Jemima Puddle Duck the best. I hope you're still reading them to the grand demons!
ReplyDeleteOh, Squirrel Nutkin was a favorite here, too. Don't remember much about Jemima though I'm pretty sure we had a copy.
ReplyDeleteGrand demons would have to be still long enough, though the 3 1/2 year old plays Grandma Emmy with "will you read a book to me?" and then "will you read another (and another and another book to me?" Little hustler.