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So, /lit/, what were your favorite 1980s/1990s children books?

>> No.2006570
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OP here again, another one

>> No.2006573

>>2006570
I am still awe struck that this was intended for little kids to read. Not complaining, the art's fucking awesome.

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>>2006573

Definitely.

>> No.2006597

>>2006570
>>2006582

wat the fuck

>> No.2006605

>>2006597
your first time seeing these images? They're ingrained in a majority of people who, in their youth, read that black book of nightmares and paranoia.

I had a teacher read out loud one of the stories about a man who butchered his wife, cremated her bones, and made her flesh into sausage which led to a growing business of cannibalism...in elementary school, with the lights off.

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Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs

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this did not need a fucking movie.

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niggas

>> No.2006616

>>2006582
>.gif
NOPE

>> No.2006623

>>2006605
I can find that book online, do you have it?

>> No.2006624

>>2006614
Fuck yeah Louis Sachar

>> No.2006630

>>2006623
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
The story I recounted was from one of the books in the series (not sure which)

ALSO; just a heads up, the newer prints of the book had the artwork replaced, because parents complained a lot. If you're hunting for the ones with original artwork by Steven Gammell, I think there are special editions or you can try for used books of the older prints.

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>> No.2006784
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>> No.2006789

Silverwing was great
Sunwing was alright
Firewing was ass

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FLIPBOOKS WITH A BUNCH OF TEXT

>> No.2006941

The Stinky Cheese Man

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Scary Stories were the scariest shit when I was a kid.

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This is older then 1980, but fuck it. This and Abel's Island was the bee's knees to me as a kid.

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I was a fan of the Three Investigators.

>> No.2006977

>>2006945
inb4 somebody dumps the illustrations.

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>>2006977
This pic gave me nightmares

>> No.2007060

>>2007055
I read a story about some guy who grounded people up into sausage, and it had those disturbing illustrations with it. I didn't want to eat breakfast sausage for the longest fucking time.

>> No.2007117

>>2006964
Oh shit, I loved the Three Investigators when I was little! You're the only other person I've ever seen who's heard of them.

>> No.2007120

>>2006941
I bought my cousin's infant daughter this for Christmas. The mom's reaction was, "Oh... thanks."

I guess she disapproved of the fact that it wasn't about a princess.

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Dear America is still pretty awesome. Although at the time I didn't realize how scandalous it was for the 12-13 year old in this book to fall in love with a 19 year old. (Then again, Dear Canada had a book with a 12-14 year old character engaged to a man twice her age, who would now be the mother of her new best friend)

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Y'all are fucking small time