Kristy and Jimmy TV’s Talented McNichols Katz 1979 Remember these kids? I was a huge fan of Family and “Buddy” for that matter, back in dark days of the 1970s. I lost track of these kids until the other day
Tag: youth biography
Mmmore MmmBop
Hanson: Mmmbop to the Top: an unauthorized biography Matthews 1997 Submitter: Found this one while working on a cataloging project in a Catholic school. I would have let it go and rolled my eyes, but it’s designated as fiction. Clearly,
Midnight Ride of…Archie Bunker?
Paul Revere: Patriot And Craftsman
Grant
1974
Submitter: I’ll be blunt, our children’s librarian is a wonderful person, but getting her to weed the kids’ books is like trying to pull a piranha’s teeth. She once held onto a New Kids On The Block book until she loudly heard a 9 year old girl saying “EEWWW!” That was three years ago. I’ve seen her keep biographies of sports heroes from the 80s – for a long time she kept children’s biographies on Princess Diana and Mother Theresa – that were written while they were still alive!
This one, however, caught my eye. It’s a primary kids biography on Paul Revere from 1974. While I’m sure it’s pretty good despite it’s age, one thing really caught my eye. Paul there looks a lot like Archie Bunker! Granted, little kids probably don’t know whom Archie was – unless their parents took time to explain the joke about “Archie’s Throne” in Night At The Museum Two: Battle For The Smithsonian. However, I can’t look at this and think “Great patriot.” I look at it and think about that time Sammy Davis Jr kissed Archie on the cheek.
MMM Bop
Hanson: The Official book Gollihare 1997 Even my 50 year old self knows this is an awesome find! Not sure this is still a good book for the youth biography-especially since it hasn’t been checked out since 1999. It is in