Wednesday 11 March 2015

A Morbid Rhyme, Now I Know My ABC's




Take that Dick and Jane, childhood is not always sunny and filled with frolic and a dog named Spot.

At least in the hands of author and illustrator, Edward Gorey, in this ABC rhyming book that shows 26 children as they meet an untimely death.

I heard about this amazing children's book from a friend --- with whom I have shared giggles, chuckles and many a belly laugh.

Hard to find in a bookstore (I searched everywhere during the holidays), it can be ordered online.

It is a tiny book.

Less than half the size of an Anthropologie catalog.

But it packs a punch.















Oh my!

So warped. So twisted. So hilarious. 

And the illustrations are amazing.








2 comments:

  1. Have you read any of his other books? Yes. He is quite twisted in the very best way.

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    1. Not yet. Thanks for introducing this author/book to me!

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