Librarian Humor: Regional Picture Books You Never See in the Library, but Maybe Should
In the spirit of books like B is for Buckeye: an Ohio Alphabet book, I present to you a little bit of librarian humor. This was inspired by my child who stood in an ant hill while watching the homecoming parade on Saturday. For those of you not from Texas, ants are a real problem here in Texas. You can be standing where it appears there are no ants in sight and suddenly find yourself under attack. They swarm, they bite, and it is awful. Later you get a little white head full of puss on your bite and it itches. A lot. So I tweeted this after it happened:
Regional picture books you never see
I accidentally stood in an ant hill: A Texas Childhood
What would your region's be?
— TeenLibrarianToolbox (@TLT16) September 9, 2017
I then invited everyone on Twitter to join in on the fun, and they did not disappoint. Here’s a look at some of our fun Regional Picture Books that you never see in the library, but maybe should.
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@TLT16 Jenny Is a Bears Fan, So We Can't Be Friends Anymore #RegionalPictureBooks
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@TLT16 My Nostril Hairs Are Frozen and Other January Tales #RegionalPictureBooks
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@TLT16 OK, one more.
This Isn't From Whole Foods So I Won't Eat It: Autobiography of a Picky Northern California Child.
#RegionalPictureBooks
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@TLT16 a picture book for young Chicagoans featuring a parking ticket ala "I'm just a bill" #regionalpicturebooks
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@txlibrarianbabs @TLT16 Some People Wear Not-Boots, a book for 10 year old West Texans #RegionalPictureBooks
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@leslie_kuo @TLT16 Wait, I Was Eating What? An Adult Learns Things About Her Military Childhood From Twitter #RegionalPictureBooks
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@TLT16 Snakes eat breakfast too! (Your toes would do, so wear your shoe) S. Fla #regionalpicturebooks
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@TLT16 Go To The Middle Of The Bridge And Turn Right: A #Zanesville Ohio Story #RegionalPictureBooks
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Playing in the Storm Sewers: an Oho Childhood. #RegionalPictureBooks
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#RegionalPictureBooks Hold My Beer : A Texas Orphan's Tale
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@TLT16 Things that Melt on Sidewalks: A Texas Tradition
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@TLT16 Texas Wildlife: Bites & Stings featuring: Fire ants, mosquitos, cotton mouths, scorpions and alligators
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What is in the fog? A pileup! San Joaquin Valley CA #RegionalPictureBooks
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Why is everyone buying toilet paper, milk and bread? A Virginia snow story #RegionalPictureBooks
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The Place Where No One Knew How to Drive in the Rain: A DC Metro Area Travel Tale #RegionalPictureBooks
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@TLT16 Listening to strangers ask "isn't Delaware part of Pennsylvania?": A First State childhood #RegionalPictureBooks
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About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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