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A Lighthearted Awards Ceremony
Staff -- 7/17/00
We're always on the lookout, as we compile these listings, for titles that tickle our funny bones. Below we've bestowed, in the spirit of fun, a handful of awards in a variety of categories.
Title Most Likely to Get a Second Glance from Bookstore Browsers Yet to Turn 21:Really, Really Fake IDs (Klutz Press).
Scariest-Sounding How-To:In Control: How to Fly a 747 by Ian Graham, illus. by Roger Goode and Robert Holder, billed as a step-by-step flight manual that puts kids in the captain's seat, handling all maneuvers--from takeoff to touchdown (Candlewick).
Book Recommended for Outdoor Reading (or As a Gift to Those Not on One's "A" List):The Truly Tasteless Scratch & Sniff Book, which offers wafts of smelly feet, sour milk, rotten fish and skunk spray (DK).
Title Most Apt to Grab the Attention of Adults Who Are Heavy Investors in NASDAQ:It's Not Funny, I've Lost My Money by Melody Carlson, illus. by Steve Bjorkman, which is actually a retelling of Jesus's parable about the lost coin (Crossway).
Title Winning the Let's-Not-Mince-Words Award:This Book Is About Sex by Tucker Shaw and Fiona Gibb, in which alloy.com's "sex experts" answer teens' questions (AlloyBooks).
Most Transparent Pseudonym: Cy B. Space, author of Dump It! Cool Stuff from the Net, a guide to wacky Web sites (Element).
Fairytale That Best Embodies the Concept of "Fractured":Cinderella Skeleton by Robert D. San Souci, illus. by David Catrow, in which Cinderella, a skeleton, loses her entire foot as she flees the prince's Halloween ball (Harcourt).
Book That Best Displays Sound Effects Gone Down the Drain:Flush the Potty by Ken Wilson-Max, which includes a button that can be pushed to hear a flushing sound (Cartwheel).
Most Prolific Late Author: Matt Christopher, who is given credit for writing two new sports novels (Skateboard Renegade and Wheelchair Wizards), as well as two new additions to the ongoing series, On the Field With... (Little, Brown).
Company Most Likely to Be Named MVP(Publisher) by Dentists: Charlesbridge, whose latest releases encouraging kids to play with their candy include Skittles Riddles Math and The M&Ms Brand Halloween Treat Book and The M&Ms Brand Christmas Gift Book.
Books That Bring New Meaning to the Commercializing of Children's Publishing: A counting book, sticker book and punch-out "paper dog" book starring TV's hottest Chihuahua ("Yo quiero Taco Bell!"). Time to drop the chalupa? (Random House).
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