Dr. Seuss vs. Madonna

On the last Saturday before the first day of school in New York City, a children's bookstore on 18^th Street called Books of Wonder had the expectant stillness of a classroom before the bell rings. Looking out from the brightly-colored covers that lined the shelves were cats, ducks, an elephant named Babar, and—tucked into the corner of a section marked "Modern Picture Books"—the name Molly Shannon.