5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)

By (or from?) The Oatmeal
Written and drawn by Matthew Inman
R- 2.5-- also crude humor.  This is not a book for kids

Oh my bizarre.  LOL

So I saw this come up on Shelf Awareness.... and I never accept egalleys, but this was just too funny.

What sold me?  The section on how to use a semi-colon.  Hilarious, and still educational. :)

They also have sections on common misspellings and how to use apostrophes, as well as other... "helpful" guides.

Utterly off-the-wall, I am very very amused.

This wacky comic book will be out March 1st.

Once Upon A Week, A Website Fairy Tale Review

Welcome to Once Upon a Week! This great Fairy Tale week is hosted by Vanessa at Today's Adventure.

(You can find more great Fairy Tale posts at her Once Upon A Week post!)

So for this first day, we have a review.

Rather than a book review, though, I decided to do a website review.

The Baldwin Project is a fabulous website full of information. It can be a little difficult to navigate at first, but you can find a whole slew of fairy tales on there! It's a great resource, especially if you want to read the originals behind books like Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow or Ice, or Goose Girl.

These aren't, however, the original Grimm tales. Which are, if you'll pardon the pun, grim. Extremely so.

Actually they're just plain creepy. Cannibalism, hacking off body parts.... scary stuff, I tell you what. Not exactly Disney. Okay, not at all Disney.

For the full creepy factor, try this site of Grimm Tales. Clicking on an English title will give you the English text. If you've studied German and really want to be creeped out, read the German text. Yikes.

These original darker tales are the inspiration for books like The Stepsister Scheme. Which is a great book. (See my review.)

So go and enjoy some fairy tales, and tune back in tomorrow for a great blogger interview!