Frankly, my son's copy of the book didn't have a photo of this guy at all, thank goodness. with or without cigarette, he'd probably give kids of the age that books written for nightmares.
Revisionism history? I suppose if they had cropped it to just show his face that would be revisionism too?
Actually that's not a bad idea...instead of pretending like the guy was never holding a cigarette.
Ditto. There are no pics of people in our copy.
I love that book. My oldest daughter used to take her chubby little finger and point out the mouse on each page. It's been a favorite through five kids.