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Hair In Funny Places

Hair In Funny Places

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Who else but Babette Cole would have the audacity to tackle puberty in a picture book - and the comic genius to make it work? cite book|author=Babette Cole |date=June 1, 2000 |orig-date=February 1, 2000 |title=Hair in Funny Places |url=https://archive.

The book is bound to be controversial but Babette has never taken the conventional path and her readers love her for her outrageous approach to little mentioned topics.Who else but Babette would have the temerity to tackle this subject in a picture book and the genius to carry it off! Sperm is described as "some sticky stuff" menstruation is described as "a tiny bit of blood in her knickers" and pubic hair is referred to as hair in "funny" places. Mom wears funny pointed hats with rats riding on the brim, and when she makes cupcakes they explode, which the neighborhood kids love, and their parents hate. Once again Cole ( Cupid ; The Silly Book ) pulls readers into a wonderfully wacky universe where ordinary rules needn't apply. This book is bound to be controversial but Babette has never taken the conventional path and her readers love her for her outrageous approach to little mentioned topics.

She worked on such children's programmes as Bagpuss (working with Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin) and Jackanory for BBC television. There is one illustration of a bikini clad young woman with a "grown up body" walking down the beach smiling while getting ogled by two young men which I found very disturbing.She touches briefly on everything from menstruation (""She found a tiny drop of blood in her underpants"") to acne and body odor (""He wanted to kiss the girls but Mr. In Hair in Funny Places her artwork is without exaggeration some of the best she has ever done: it is brilliant.



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