Weird books from childhood

[JohnKleeb]

I remember a book from childhood called "The Seal Mother" and apparently this kid's mom was really a seal, that got me thinking, the dude's father was fucking a seal. Thats so wrong on so many levels.

[XanaDUer]

1. "Dorp Dead"

by Julia Cunningham. WAY weird-about an orphan adopted by some weird hunter. Book was written in the 1960s. The illustrations were weird, too.

[JohnKleeb]

2. weird

I can't believe I remember this book though, it just makes no sense when you think about it, first off, how does one disguise themselves as a human for so long and walk on land, seals can't do that can they, second of all, the kid wasnt adoptive, so I guess someone was in to seals. and omg I found it on amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0803703023/qid=1096491228/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/102-7240445-8920923?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[MadHound]

Oh don't fret on this too much

All this book is is a reworking of the Irish/Celtic myths about selkies, seal like fairies who can shape change to human. The father thought that he was with a real woman, except the sex was great.

No worse than Grimm's or other fairie tales, it is harmless, a good read, and gets a childs' imagination going.

[JohnKleeb]

5. its just freaky and I have a dirty mind

[Sequoia]

9. Stay away from Greek Mythology

Helen's (of Troy) mother had sex with a swan who was really Zeus. Helen was hatched from an egg.

[JohnKleeb]

14. oh lord

[Parche]

3. books

Mike Mulligan and the steam shovel

[JohnKleeb]

4. I remember seeing that one in the doctor's office

[Parche]

6. books

Country mouse, city mouse

My favorite were.....Narnia, The Big E

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

7. "North to Freedom"?..Henry Huggins and the Donut Machine.

...and then that really wierd sci fi book "Wrinkle in Time".

North to Freedom was about some kid who escaped from some sort of prison camp and made his way north to Denmark to his family. Sort of an odd book....

Henry Huggins...was that the name...about this kid and his freinds growing up in this farm town, I think, and their lame farmtown adventures...actually I recall it as being sort of comical and light.

Wrinkle in Time was sort of wierd about interdimensional travel or something involving this girl called Meg. I dont remember much about it just that is was creepy.

My favorite kids book was this historical one set through the generations in old New York...following the Towsend and Riker kids' adventures during the Dutch, English, and Revolutionary eras in New York. More a proper kids book.

[EstimatedProphet]

13. A Wrinkle in Time was a great story

and very in depth for a kid's adventure story.
Henry and the Donut Machine was OK, but a little plodding.

[Skittles]

8. Gashlycrumb Tinies

A is for Amy who fell down the stairs
B is for Basil, assaulted by bears.......

It doesn't get any weirder than this:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/7535/gorey.html

[flamingyouth]

12. That is one of my favorites!

:D

[Sequoia]

10. Any Dr. Seuss books

One Fish, Two Fish and Fox in Sox especially. To read it aloud is a tounge marathon.

[Texasgal]

11. What was the book...

Where the kid is like a cookie, and he's naked flying around in some weird celestial setting? I can't remember... I think it's weird now, but I liked then....