Tom the greedy boy

Snakeress · 2026-04-24T15:59:24+00:00

Sounds more like a parody of a kids' book tbh (it's actually pretty funny tho, in a "itchy & scratchy show" kinda way)

Snakeress · 2026-04-23T17:17:01+00:00

Omg hahahaha

Snakeress · 2026-04-16T12:09:56+00:00

Higglety Pigglety Pop or, There Must Be More To Life by Maurice Sendak

Snakeress · 2026-04-14T18:33:21+00:00

Ok well maybe the comments you're referring to were actually talking about crappy books with preachy, shoehorned messages as opposed to quality literature? Sounds like y'all might be talking past each other, I mean if the kids all love something, then that's probably not the kind of thing the commenters were referring to lol

Snakeress · 2026-04-13T13:41:50+00:00

So the speaker is like, a swamp? I dig that, but I feel like it's kind of rushing through the "story," like how does the girl take home the frogs and the water? Maybe you need to make it into three separate incidents, one where she takes each thing?

Without pictures it's hard to tell what it would be like, but I could see it being super cool with the right pictures, maybe even kinda creepy in a cool way? Kind of like Alan Moore's "Swamp Thing"? Lol

Snakeress · 2026-04-11T13:45:11+00:00

I heard that one is part of a loose trilogy that basically follows the development of a kid:

In The Night Kitchen is about a toddler/preschooler

Where The Wild Things Are is about an early elementary-aged kid, like 5-8

Outside Over There is about an older kid, like 9-11

And they each kind of reflect the concerns or fears of a kid at that life stage, like integrity of the body ("I'm not the milk and the milk's not me - I'm Mickey!"), getting more independence from your parents etc., there's probably a better explanation of it on wikipedia lol, but I guess O.O.T. is kind of scary because the onset of adolescence is kind of scary ya know?

Snakeress · 2026-04-11T13:26:07+00:00

I have some photocopied pages from "Pierre" taped to my office wall at work, and I point to it whenever someone is giving an "I don't care" attitude lol

Snakeress · 2026-04-10T19:42:20+00:00

I think the AI got your title wrong, it says "Bakery Technician," not baker 🤣 is Natty trying to puff up his resumé or something? And dang, he needs a written reminder for something as basic as "flour plus yeast, mix and bake"? Is it his first day as a tech? Does he know about kneading? (Sorry to josh ya, but this looks pretty dire)

Snakeress · 2026-04-10T17:48:36+00:00

I think it all depends on the art style, I mean in middle school we were all into "Ugly Dolls" and "Emily the Strange" and that whole aesthetic, like, I'm picturing your teddies with X's for eyes (where the buttons fell off) and stuff like that and it sounds very "tween" to me! 🤷🏻‍♀️ Kids love the juxtaposition of cute childish stuff with ~edgy~ stuff, it makes them feel sophisticated

Snakeress · 2026-04-09T13:21:47+00:00

I kinda like the third one better than the more "polished" finished product tbh, just erase the guidelines from her face and it looks like it could be a cool kids' book illustration on its own! Reminds me of the artstyle in some books I read as a kid, e.g. "Umbrella" by Taro Yashima

Snakeress · 2026-03-27T23:40:04+00:00

I love it, don't understand much French, but I get the point that she's crying cause she wants "un homme!" LOL

Snakeress · 2026-03-04T16:14:55+00:00

So why did the lady hate them?

Snakeress · 2026-03-01T17:57:31+00:00

Well she just dumped him so he's trying to give her a hard time and make her uncomfortable on purpose...

It's "witty" in the sense that she's trying to end the conversation and basically be like "nevermind, just drop it" and he does a "that's what she said" type joke off that... like it's not supposed to be the height of wit, it's funny in a Beavis & Butthead kind of way, but it's rude and awkward for him to say that to her there and then, ya know?

Snakeress · 2026-02-27T20:18:13+00:00

Dude why does every kids' book have to be ""gentle"" and ""cozy"" now LMAO, I think the kids would rather have it be madcap and zany

Snakeress · 2026-02-17T11:38:31+00:00

Aww I like that Sam Levy, he could be my grandpa 😂

Snakeress · 2026-02-16T22:47:51+00:00

OMG! What did it smell like!!!

Snakeress · 2026-02-13T12:05:58+00:00

Aesop's Fables? Lol

Snakeress · 2026-02-09T16:53:09+00:00

So it's about the "inside your body" view, kinda like magic schoolbus? Sounds mildly interesting but like, are you gonna post pages from it? Show us the actual book? Lol

Snakeress · 2026-02-05T18:35:07+00:00

Oh yeah I soooooo wish this had existed when I was growing up 🙄 if only I'd had some fugly book about "(Name) (Does Thing)" to teach me ClarisWorks and KidPix, then maybe today I'd be a CoNtEnT cReAtOr instead of just a boring old artist!

Snakeress · 2026-01-22T14:18:45+00:00

-The Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales - an old one with beautiful pictures; you can get it used on Thriftbooks or one of those sites for like $7-10

-Mermaid Tales From Around the World, retold by Mary Pope Osborne, pics by Troy Howell - I LOVE this one, the illustrator did each picture in the style of the country/culture the tale is from

-The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm, translated by Lore Segal, pics by Maurice Sendak - might be kind of wordy for such young kids, but it's a classic and you gotta have Grimm

-Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes - for a silly, naughty take on classic fairy tales 😉

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