Regrettable children's books

[hobbit.]

i'm glad this thread was revived because i ran across a list of actual published titles:

'my mother's grave'
'agnes and the key to her little coffin'
ABC in dixie: a plantation alphabet'
'the loneliest ho in the world' (a christmas story)
'the faggot house'
'lo cunto de li cunti'
'ragged dick'
'deaths of pious children'
'ten little niggers'
'little yellow wang-lo'
'the tale of two japs'
'i wish daddy didn't drink so much'
'my mom has hepatitis c'
'my big sister takes drugs'
'charlie and the curious club'
'candy or medicine?'
'jimmiw boogie learns about smoking'
'mommy's black eye'
'latawnya, the naughty horse' learns to say no to drugs'
'my parents open carry'
'don't make me go back, mommy: a child's book about satanic ritual abuse'
'a visit to the big house'
'the night dad went to jail'

you got any links?

''why black lives matter '' Enid Blytons guide to coal mining in the 1940's, foreword by Baden Powell.

 

[pecksniff]

'ragged dick'

I think that was one of Horatio Alger's. Today's slang didn't apply in the 19th Century.

 

[rae121452]

I think that was one of Horatio Alger's. Today's slang didn't apply in the 19th Century.

Pedantic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedantic

Pedantic is an insulting word used to describe someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise especially in some narrow or boring subject matter.

 

[pecksniff]

Green Eggs and Ham and Ptomaine and Botulism

 

[muddler35]

Horton Hires a Ho