Rejected Children’s Books

The list for July 3, 1996
The Top 20 Rejected Children’s Books

  1. Where in the New York Area is Jimmy Hoffa?

  2. The Unabomber Pop-Up Manifesto and Coloring Book

  3. The Frog Formerly Known as Prince

  4. Alice in WonderBraLand

  5. The Legend of Three-Card Monte

  6. 40 Whacks: Counting With Lizzie

  7. The Little Engine That Could, If Only That Damned Gout Would Go Away

  8. Girls Are From Venus, Boys Are From Cootieland

  9. Where the Wildings Are

  10. The Little Big Book of Necrophilia

  11. The J. Edgar Hoover Dress-Up Book

  12. Joe Camel and The Magic Cancer Stick

  13. The Crack House at Pooh Corner

  14. The Dummy’s Guide to Crying

  15. When Mommy Leaves Daddy, and What You Did to Cause It

  16. Where’s Waldo’s Weewee?

  17. The Dyslexic’s Big Anagram Book

  18. Barney’s Bleeding and Nobody Can Help

  19. Things Rich Kids Have, but You Never Will
And the Number 1 Rejected Children’s Book…

  1. Furious George Delivers the Mail
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CREDITS
Selected from 166 submissions by 54 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Blair Bostick, Alexandria, VA– 1, Topic (1st #1)
  • Gerard McDonald, New York, NY– 2
  • Greg Bell, San Diego, CA — 3
  • Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 4
  • Brad Schreiber, Los Angeles, CA — 5 (Rookie!)
  • Dave George, Arlington, VA — 6
  • David Hyatt, New York, NY — 7, 13
  • Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 8
  • Matthew Diamond, Holland, PA — 9
  • Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 10
  • Gene/Cynthia Markins-Dieden, New Haven, CT — 11
  • Chris McKenna, Malibu, CA — 12, 17
  • David Sklar, New Haven, CT — 14
  • Gayle Ehrenman, New York, NY — 15
  • John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 16
  • Gail Celio, E. Lansing, MI — 18
  • Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 19
  • Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 20
  • Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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