With one of the forums going into over drive regarding the discussion of how the cover sells a book (or not) I found the ideas put forward by a fellow blogger well worth considering. so, when you get a minute have a look at Controversial Picture Books – Titles, Subjects and Covers on the Book Coasters blog
posted on 31 March 2012 by James N Simpson.
https://gcbooks.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/controversial-picture-books-titles-subjects-and-covers/
The image for this post comes from the endpapers of the Stella Danalis illustrated picture book, What the sky knows.
Wow, hadn't heard of half of those books...and still a bit traumatised thinking about some of them. I still get a bit emotional at the end of The Lorax. (Nice coverboy BTW :))
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