How things have changed since I was a kid. We had Dick and Jane with the title “Fun with Dick and Jane” and Dick and Dora with Nip and Fluff. Then there were some educational titles including “How Mommy gets out of tickets”, “Mommy and the Milkman” (a who’s your daddy book), “All the friends you’ll make in witness protection”, “While Daddy’s Doin’ Time” (counting the days until he’s back on the streets) and one of my special favourites “Goodbye, Testicles” by Anne Welsh Guy (all about your boy dog having that special operation) We have to remember that back in the 50’s, Dick was the typical nickname for someone named Richard. Nowadays, especially those of us with a raunchy sense of humour, we laugh at a book such as this because the combination of Dick with lick is just not a word combination you want to have on a book. Let alone, a book for kids.
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