But really, this is a sweet book, my own associations aside, and, yes, sleep ensues.
Her old publisher, Penguin, also showed no interest, "and I thought it was going to be the usual sweet book that nobody reads".
It's also a sweet book, full of moments of sibling solidarity: "Sol put his arm around Connie's shoulder, and they walked that way for a while, side by side — a brother and sister who'd stuck together in a time of great trial".
To create this innovative work, Scieszka, Barnett and Meyers started by producing the most cloyingly sweet book they could think of: Birthday Bunny.
"You've made me a better writer, you rescued my sweet book, and you've honored me by taking it with such seriousness and love," he reportedly inscribed in a copy of the novel he gave to Streisand.
Thing is, if I can get the same great content online for free, then you better make sure you then resell that content by wrapping it in a REALLY sweet book, not a half-decent one with very crappy illos inside and a dust jacket that seems to be designed by McSweeney's shittiest intern.
The first days had been busy with friends coming to say goodbye, all bringing presents for Edward to take out to the front – warm, lined gloves, a fountain pen, a box of favourite sweets, books.
It looks like a really sweet kiddy book".
The first Sweet 16 book, with 150 puzzles, has just come out in the USA.
It's a sweet, haunting book about being true to who you are in spite of everything and everyone else.
