Mother, Mother, I Feel Sick; Send for the Doctor Quick Quick Quick,
Authors: Remy Charlip & Burton Supree
Illustrator: Remy Charlip
ASIN: B000JG6W5M
1966, Parents' Magazine Press, NY NY
Goodwill find!
This is so cute!
The pages are psychedelically colored, with faux-Victorian woodcuts in white against the multi-hued backgrounds. Towards the end, the extracted objects appear in color, but they're the only exceptions.
Mother is frantic that her balloon-shaped little boy has a tummy-ache. Call the doctor to the house! No good - he's too far gone. Off to the hospital, where various items (growing more and more outre) are removed, while the little boy deflates visibly. At the end, he's mostly normal sized again, but the doctor's coat and hat have gone mysteriously missing...
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