Reply #9: The book is older than 1976...

[Felix Mala]

I read it as a kid in the 60's. He has another book where a guy puts bandaids on whales.

When I was six, I finally got permission to ride my bike off our street. (And we didn't have helmets.) Summertime and I was riding my bike all over town. I'd go swimming in the lake and sometimes I wouldn't come home until supper time. My nephews are 12 and 9 and they aren't allowed to leave the street in front of their house unless mom or dad are with them.

No wonder so many of these kids want to be filmed flying off ramps and jumping off rooftops. They never had any thrills when they were young and bendable and losing teeth didn't require tooth implants.