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Doris Sanford’s endless catalog of disturbing picture books.

Something Must Be Wrong with Me cover

Something Is REALLY Wrong

June 18, 2014 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 25 comments

Something Must Be Wrong With Me A Boy’s Book About Sexual Abuse Sanford 1993 Every time I think I won’t find more, they just show up. Long time readers on this site will recognize this author/illustrator right away. Our old

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Don't Look at Me cover

Don’t Look at Me!

February 24, 2014 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 25 comments

Don’t Look at Me A child’s book about feeling different Sanford 1986 Regulars to our site will immediately recognize the creepy cover illustration style as one of our favorite authors here at ALB.  For you new folks, prepare for some

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hurts a lot

Muffin is Dead

January 29, 2014 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 12 comments

It Must Hurt A Lot A child’s book about death Sanford 1986 And we are back with another helpful book from our long time favorite author Doris Sanford. This time Doris takes up the cause of explaining death. Joshua had

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My Real Family cover

My Real Family

November 7, 2013 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 7 comments

My Real Family Sanford 1993 Long time readers of this blog will immediately recognize these illustrations. Yes, we have YET ANOTHER one of these special books. (Note to self: I need to restrict these titles to only a certain number

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David Has Aids cover

David Dies at the End

September 26, 2013 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 37 comments

David Has Aids Sanford 1989 Yes, our friend Doris is back for another instructive lesson on the realities of life. In today’s story, a boy named David has AIDS (not HIV) and is dying. Long time readers will recognize the

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World's Worst Secret cover

Mommy is a Drunk

August 14, 2013 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 31 comments

I Know The World’s Worst Secret Sanford 1987 Long time readers of this blog will recognize the illustrations. Yes, it is the same author of our Satan for Kids book. Our story is that this little girl lives with an

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I Can't Talk About It cover

Please don’t talk about it anymore!

October 1, 2012 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 11 comments

I Can’t Talk About It A child’s book about sexual abuse Sanford 1986 I hate to say it, but I think we do need to talk about it…. Our good friend Doris wrote another book for your consideration. Just like

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Lisa's Parents Fight cover

Lisa’s Parents Fight

August 20, 2012 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 13 comments

Lisa’s Parents Fight Sanford 1989 Looking for a cute bedtime story for the kids? Here you go! You might recognize the author: one of our favorites and creator of this site’s best post to date: Satan for Kids (and the

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