My daughter's copy of Goodnight, Moon is a cardboard-page edition that does not contain any photographs of the author or illustrator. Little did we know that that choice would sidestep a battle over Stalinesque retouching.
Posted by Ben Brumfield at November 19, 2005 07:57 AMYou see? 1984 has finally come to pass!!
Actually, profoundly terrifying though this is, I'm in favor of the change. The author looks so silly with his hand up like that without a cigarette, like he's giving some kind of secret communist hand signal, or maybe an obscure Italian insult. Surely we can stomach some thought policing for the sake of a laugh.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at November 21, 2005 10:15 AM