# Pitch a Bad Idea for a Children's Book **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-a-bad-idea-for-a-childrens-book/579140 "2011-04-20T21:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![wonder\_lust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@wonder\_lust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder_lust)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-a-bad-idea-for-a-childrens-book/579140/61 "2011-04-23T14:32:42Z")
_A Child’s Guide to Hide and Seek_ which illustrates great hiding places like refrigerators, sewers, dumpsters, and car trunks as well as smart places to look like down wells, deep in the woods, and along the slippery, rocky banks of rapidly moving waters. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-a-bad-idea-for-a-childrens-book/579140/62 "2011-04-23T15:04:10Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > I’m obviously deranged because it made me loller hardest. 😃 I think the reason it made me sad is because somebody seriously thought it would be a good idea for a book. As another hypothetical bad idea for a kids’ book, it’s funnier. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-a-bad-idea-for-a-childrens-book/579140/63 "2011-04-23T15:09:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > _A is for Asshole, B is for Bitch: A child’s guide to swearing and offensive language._ How about _What Grown-ups Won’t Tell: A Child’s Guide to the Secret Words_. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-a-bad-idea-for-a-childrens-book/579140/64 "2011-04-23T17:13:44Z")
> [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#): > > Spirit: Pitbull Bait Puppy > > This book was actually written and shown to me by a person very dedicated to preventing dog fighting. It chronicles Spirit’s life as he plays happily with his boy, gets kidnapped by gangbangers, and then gets ripped to shreads by pitbulls training for the big fight. It ends with his mangled corpse being found in a dumpster by his original owner. Yes, it was intended for children and was as horrible as it sounds. > > It has not yet found a publisher. Too bad. I would actually buy many copies of this and give it to many children I know. Dog-fighting is one of the things I think they should be horrified about and convinced it’s a horrible, despicable thing as early as possible. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-a-bad-idea-for-a-childrens-book/579140/65 "2011-04-23T17:55:13Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > **The Pop-Up Scratch 'n Sniff Big Book of Private Parts** This is my favourite. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-a-bad-idea-for-a-childrens-book/579140.md?page=3)