A list of rejected children’s book titles that I feel more closely relate to life and the frustrations thereof:
Pop! Goes the Pirelli
James and the Giant Cyst
Charlie and the IUD factory
Where the Mildewed Things Are
Charlotte’s Fib
The Phantom Paycheck
Harriet the Guy
The Wind in the Men’s Room
Where the Red Bump Grows
Bill Collector, Bill Collector, What Do You See?
Junk for Sale
The Crook in the Hat
Annoying George
Joseph Had a Little Savings Account
Millions of Bills
The People Could Lie: American Folktales
The Owing Day
The True Story of the Three Little Affairs