Ahahaha! Mammal-normative, cis-bunny speciesist! All animals are equally cute and fuzzy with culturally-competent norming.
That said [spoiler alert !1!!], there's something wrong with a person whose heart doesn't break a little when the poor velveteen rabbit is consigned to the sack of rubbish and tossed into the shed.
Then there's "bunnyduck", which was the product of a bunny and a duck that fell in love. I saw a book mock-up, or whatever you call it, with illustrations, 25 years ago, but nothing since.
The Velveteen Toad and the others suggested here could become part of a collection of Addams-esque children's stories in the same vein as Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner.
Love it. Should be on the shelf next to "Go, wolverine go"
ReplyDelete....and THE LITTLE FOREST FIRE THAT COULD....
ReplyDeleteRanks right up there with, "And to think that I smelled it on Mulberry street."
ReplyDeleteAhahaha! Mammal-normative, cis-bunny speciesist! All animals are equally cute and fuzzy with culturally-competent norming.
ReplyDeleteThat said [spoiler alert !1!!], there's something wrong with a person whose heart doesn't break a little when the poor velveteen rabbit is consigned to the sack of rubbish and tossed into the shed.
but far, far away from "My little Honey Badger"
ReplyDeleteAnd one that succeeded.
ReplyDeleteAudiobook version read by Samuel L. Jackson.
Then there's "bunnyduck", which was the product of a bunny and a duck that fell in love.
ReplyDeleteI saw a book mock-up, or whatever you call it, with illustrations, 25 years ago, but nothing since.
The Velveteen Toad and the others suggested here could become part of a collection of Addams-esque children's stories in the same vein as Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner.
Make Way for Banana Slugs
ReplyDeleteAt least it wasn't Bo, the velveteen frog.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bdasites.com/FedExCollection/Store/Product/Detail/7dcaa99a-f65d-4cae-b0bf-5453fde0bce8
"My First ASBO"
ReplyDeleteNot convinced that it would be a "Failed" book ...
ReplyDeleteIs Velveteen anything like Velveeta???
ReplyDeletevelveeta'd Toad is a recipe in a failed cookbook.
ReplyDeleteVelveeta's Toad in the Hole is a recipe in a failed cookbook of British cuisine.
Tam, if you're not following #LesserSF, you should be.
ReplyDeleteThe World for World is Florist
Stranger in a Strange Van
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Madeleine Kahn
ReplyDeletehttp://www.somethingawful.com/photoshop-phriday/childrens-books/1/
Is "The Velveeta Rabbit" Welsh, by chance?
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