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September 11, 2015 2:47 PM Subscribe
Help me remember the name of a weird-ass kid's book with an airplane (definitely) that melted (maybe??)?
This is a long shot, but I just abruptly remembered a very strange book from my childhood and I simply do not have enough info to google it. I'm pretty sure a girl and her father (?) wake up early (??) and take a trip in an airplane (the airplane is the one thing I'm pretty sure about). I believe at one point the airplane melts or looks like it's melting. I know there's an illustration of the ground from airplane height, either actual checkerboard pattern or checkerboard-esque with fields and things. I also know there's an illustration that involves a close-up of a wide-open human mouth, which freaked me out. The illustrations are paintings, very realistic except for the surreal subject matter -- sort of Kit Williams meets Dali. I would have read this in early childhood, so I'd guess it was published no later than 1986. I remember reading it in a relative's apartment that they'd moved out of by '87.
If you guys can help me find it my love for you would melt airplanes, as my mother has no idea what I'm talking about and I've half convinced myself I made it up and if so my brain is more fucked up than I imagined.
This is a long shot, but I just abruptly remembered a very strange book from my childhood and I simply do not have enough info to google it. I'm pretty sure a girl and her father (?) wake up early (??) and take a trip in an airplane (the airplane is the one thing I'm pretty sure about). I believe at one point the airplane melts or looks like it's melting. I know there's an illustration of the ground from airplane height, either actual checkerboard pattern or checkerboard-esque with fields and things. I also know there's an illustration that involves a close-up of a wide-open human mouth, which freaked me out. The illustrations are paintings, very realistic except for the surreal subject matter -- sort of Kit Williams meets Dali. I would have read this in early childhood, so I'd guess it was published no later than 1986. I remember reading it in a relative's apartment that they'd moved out of by '87.
If you guys can help me find it my love for you would melt airplanes, as my mother has no idea what I'm talking about and I've half convinced myself I made it up and if so my brain is more fucked up than I imagined.
Oh, and there's a Story Number 4, too... and a 1 and a 2.
And a collection of all 4 that's in print!
posted by Huck500 at 3:39 PM on September 11, 2015
And a collection of all 4 that's in print!
posted by Huck500 at 3:39 PM on September 11, 2015
Response by poster: Oh my god, it is Story Number Three -- I guess I was an Ionesco fan much younger than I realized! I never imagined it was by an actual surrealist.
What's annoying is that one of the images from that blog post did come up in my google searches, but it happened to be one I didn't recognize. Thank you!!
posted by babelfish at 4:29 PM on September 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
What's annoying is that one of the images from that blog post did come up in my google searches, but it happened to be one I didn't recognize. Thank you!!
posted by babelfish at 4:29 PM on September 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Oh for heaven's sake, the illustration I didn't recognize is the actual melted airplane. That'll teach me to look at thumbnails and go "eh, looks like a dragon."
posted by babelfish at 6:45 PM on September 11, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by babelfish at 6:45 PM on September 11, 2015 [3 favorites]
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