Children’s books are notorious for being challenged by outraged parents because of their content. Harry Potter is anti-Christian, Heather Has Two Mommies is pro-gay, Huckleberry Finn is racist… and so on.
Ah, but here’s something new you’ll probably see on a list of challenged books someplace. My Beautiful Mommy is a kids guide to what happens when a mother decides that her tummy bulges, her breasts are too small, and her face isn’t perfect. Written by a doctor specializing in plastic surgery and featuring a plastic surgeon sporting a Superman style build, it’s not hard to see just a tad bit of bias here.
I am appalled
Apparently, Mommy is no damn good the way she is.
If mommy wants to have plastic surgery, that’s her prerogative, but I suspect there’s got to be a better way of explaining it to the kiddies.
I wish there were more practical books for children on serious medical issues that family members face.
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Ah, but here’s something new you’ll probably see on a list of challenged books someplace. My Beautiful Mommy is a kids guide to what happens when a mother decides that her tummy bulges, her breasts are too small, and her face isn’t perfect.
It is about benzodiazepines?
(the spam filter blocked the trade names I tired)
It’s also a vanity press book…
…as Teresa Nielsen Hayden helpfully points out at
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010154.html
So I wouldn’t expect to see it in many libraries anyway, except perhaps if the author’s successful trolling of Newsweek prompts some to pick it up. (But I suspect most librarians are smarter than that.)
yes, read “my beautiful mommy” at storytime…
“Yes, children, you’re all fat and short and flat-chested. You’ll never be happy with those lips. Go ahead, pick that nose while you still got it. And suck in those tummies.”
(bloggered somewhere on my page -with pictures- at effinglibrarian.blogspot.com)
BuzzFeed on My Beautiful Mommy
7 sites.
Are we to be spared nothing?
Are we to be spared nothing?