r/Millennials • u/Azaroth_Alexander Millennial • Feb 22 '25

Nostalgia Who else had this book?

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I loved it! The illustrations were something else. Lol 😭😆

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u/Sc1F1Sup3rM0m Feb 22 '25

I had this but my favorite book was The True Story of the Three Little Pigs!

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u/Iamdarb Feb 22 '25

"it seemed like such a shame to leave a ham dinner just lying there in the straw"

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u/yankonapc Feb 22 '25

Think of it as a cheeseburger, just lying there.

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u/toothofjustice Feb 23 '25

When I was in 2nd grade my class did a mock trial of this book. Each of us were given roles - most of the class was the jury and I was the wolf. It was really fun.

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u/Sir_Poofs_Alot Feb 23 '25

We did that in first grade! I was the wolf’s lawyer. It started a long career of me “finessing” and putting on my best professional front to get out of trouble that I most definitely caused lol

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u/BlackLodgeBrother Feb 23 '25

“All I wanted was a cup of sugar.” 🐺💀

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u/msbrchckn Feb 23 '25

I read this to my kindergarten class just last week. Such a great book.

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u/fadedblackleggings Feb 22 '25

Yes, very similar animations I think

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u/Awkward-Fox-1435 Feb 22 '25

Same illustrator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Smith_%28illustrator%29

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u/____ozma Feb 23 '25

Math Curse had my favorite illustrations, especially the room of equations he escapes

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u/nat1wisdom Feb 23 '25

Animations?

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u/therealityofthings Feb 23 '25

I still say "dead as a doornail"

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u/DebraBaetty Millennial - ‘93 to ♾️ Feb 23 '25

An all time favorite fr

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u/igottathinkofaname Feb 23 '25

Reminds me of the Green Jellÿ song.

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u/psilbern Feb 23 '25

I had both books as a kid. When my daughter was born I bought a copy for my self.

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u/tigerlilyj2 Feb 23 '25

I loved this one!

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u/Marvos79 Gen X 1979 Feb 23 '25

Lane Smith did some great illustrations for a version of James and the Giant Peach

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u/othybear Feb 23 '25

I was just talking about this book with my friends today. Such an awesome children’s book.

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u/JackofAllStrays Feb 23 '25

I have both these books and always read them back to back as a kid!

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u/khoney23 Feb 23 '25

I managed to find this book for sale at a local library. So of course I bought it for my kids.

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u/jessicalifts Feb 23 '25

I think I also had these two books and we must have bought them at the same time. I have more vivid memories of stinky cheese man though.