[freepatriot32]

So not to be obtuse - but how does this affect the book itself?

Becasue they are not just altering the picture on the bac of the book they are removing picture illitrations from the book itself

In the great green room, there is a telephone, and a red balloon, but no ashtray. "Goodnight Moon," the children's classic by Margaret Wise Brown, has gone smoke free

[polymuser]

"Goodnight Moon," the children's classic by Margaret Wise Brown, has gone smoke free.

And truth free.

[Your Nightmare]

Becasue they are not just altering the picture on the bac of the book they are removing picture illitrations from the book itself

I don't think there was really an ashtray in the original. The writer was just saying there is no ashtray in the great green room.

In the great green room, there is a telephone, and a red balloon, but no ashtray. "Goodnight Moon," the children's classic by Margaret Wise Brown, has gone smoke free

[lainie]

The illustrations haven't been altered, just the picture of the illustrator.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051117-021845-1230r

The doctored photo has come under fire from a group of children's booksellers and one has even mounted a campaign to have the original picture restored.

HarperCollins Children's Books Editor Kate Jackson said it was nothing more than a "quick fix" to what was viewed as a "potentially a harmful message to very young kids."

Hurd said the doctored photo of his dad with nothing but air between his extended fingers looks "slightly absurd to me," adding Brown and his father "would be thoroughly amused by this."

"Goodnight Moon" celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2007.