#y2k kids books

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

"My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck" Dear America Book by  Mary Pope Osborne

2000

Found on ebay, user humbletreasure

I LOVED THESE BOOKS!!!

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Animal Ark Book Series (1994 - 2008)

[felixbobelix]

Presenting the head canon Jude is actualy quite bad with technology esspecialy around the time of TCP. Like shes passable with using it, but I love the idea of there being major gaps in her knowledge, even going back and forth between the fairie world. Esspecialy if we also consider the headcanon Vivi loves keeping up with mortal tech.

Jude getting self conscious when she finds out Vivi's old I pod nono is considerd outdated or thinking songs from a few years ago are relevant. Jude not understanding how to work a smart TV at Vivi's flat, or being lost when pop culture refrances are made. Jude being completely thrown when she goes to get take out, and is asked to order through the app.

I love all thease little things fueling Judes Isolation from the mortal realm and fueling her drive to ingratiate herself deeper in to Fairie.

[barbie-girlll]

These disney princess illustrations/art style just scratched something in my nostalgic brain that I didn't know I have

[cats2000s]

The Puppy Place books by Ellen Miles 🐶

[babyb3lls]

1998 Pokemon Halloween postcard art

Credit: RetroAnime

[1999babi]

diary of a wimpy kid

source 1, 2

[2000beanies]

[xxmilli3f4nxx]

⭐️ sonic ⭐️

[studiolemonboy]

Day 17: INVISIBLE MAN (ft invisible man from last year)

From Craig Gleason’s yearly October challenge, Season of the Bad Guys Club 9 (@craig.gleason on insta)

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

American Girl Library Girls and Their Horses: True Tales from American Girls (author is listed as American Girl Library)

Published January 1, 2000 (my birthday is January 2!!! I turned 11 this year)

My personal picture of my collection

I loved this book as a kid and I love it now as an adult. I probably have my original book in my parents attic, but I found this for $5 so I got it because I love it so much. and now I find out we're both Capricorns?? I'm honored to share a zodiac sign with this book, this is truly so cool to me.

[thenostalgiacloset]

2000s Dream Saga Manga

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Goosebumps Books 1 - 10 (1992 - 1993)

[generation-fucked-nostalgia]

Even as a kid I knew there was something just wrong about A Bad Case of Stripes

It gave me a weird feeling as a kid too, and I think it's a combination of the illustration style and the subject matter.

David Shannon has such a particular, oil painting esque style. Most of his illustrations are very cartoony, like his iconic No David books:

Like look at that! The features and proportions are exaggerated! Full of bright colors! Reminiscent of something a kid might draw.

But then there's A Bad Case of Stripes. In this book Shannon seems to lean much more into the realm of surrealism, and the result is...

...uncanny. I mean look at those faces!!! Nothing like the caricature bulbous head of little David. These guys look like they crawled out of a Renaissance painting! Look at the shading!!! It looks like you could reach out and touch those little fuzzy blue pompoms! Which brings me to my next point...

A Bad Case of Stripes is just... kid-friendly body horror. There's no gore in it, but what this girl goes through is something straight out of a fever induced nightmare.

Just like those creepy realistic renders of what Patrick Star or Homer Simpson would look like in real life (remember those?) It's the realism, the 3d look, the impeccable shading that makes Stripes so damn creepy. In a more cartoonish style, Stripes probably would've been a wacky little kids book. But because of how realistic the illustrations are...

...We wound up with the suppressed birthplace of body horror phobias for generations to come.

[paperw0rmz]

[babyb3lls]