“Because we’re obviously a ‘family show’ and we’ve got children in our gift shops, we had suggested we could carry the book if there’s what’s called a ‘belly band’ wrap around the photo.”
Because, of course, children have never seen a bottom, have no idea what a bottom is, and would be horribly psychologically scarred if they happened to see one.
Personally, EoR is more concerned about donkeys of a sensitive nature (like himself) encountering that naked horse bottom on the book cover...
Quite a few Australian childrens books have had to have the animal's rear ends censored before publication in the U.S. :-(
ReplyDeleteA Dilbert cartoon got pulled because of a possible indication of the top of a butt-crack too.
Then May Gibb's Snugglepot and Cuddlepie wouldn't get into the country, unless wrapped in gum leaf bottiebands.
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