On Saturday, I went into the B&N at the Pru while I was waiting for my shift at the DNC to begin. I looked, as usual, to see if the July releases were out yet, and, as usual, they were not, even though it is now the end of July.

What I did find is that similar to Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew, The Bobbsey Twins are being republished. The back of the book made some claim about ‘enjoying these classic versions again’, so I picked up 1, 3-5 — I already have #2 from when I was a child.

I brought them home, however, only to find that they were edited! And stupidly so. Dinah, the Bobbseys’ servant, is black, but all references to her color have been carefully removed from the books — except for the illustrations. Additionally, all references to the 6 year old twins being fat have been excised. We must fight childhood obesity!!

Needless to say, I returned the books on Tuesday for a complete refund.