they announced that someone left a belt behind at airport security and it was me so I went back and had to show them I wasn't wearing a belt
— jon klassen (@burstofbeaden) February 28, 2013
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| The U.S. version is both playful and mysterious. The U.K. version is a Brendan Fraser movie. Winner: U.S. |
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| The U.K. version is more stylish and less blatantly angtsy. Winner: U.K. |
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| Wasn't a big fan of either... and then I noticed the silhouette on the U.S. version. Winner: U.S. |
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| Both get the job done, but the U.S. version has more charm. Winner: U.S. |
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| Eh, both kind of look like album covers for discarded Pink Floyd albums. Winner: None |
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| The U.S. version is a bit cartoonish, but at least it doesn't make me want to cry. Winner: Daisy from Downton Abbey |
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| Full disclosure: I grew up subconsiously thinking the bearded old man was Lois Lowry. Winner: U.S. |
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| The U.S. version focuses on "plain", the U.K. focuses on "tall". Winner: U.S. (This one is a pure nostalgia choice. Sorry, U.K.) |
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| Advice from a Caterpillar |
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As editor in chief of Beginner Books at Random House in the late 1960s, Michael Frith worked closely with Geisel, sometimes into the early hours of the morning. When they were stumped by a word choice, Mr. Frith said, Geisel would often bound to the closet and grab a hat for each of them — a sombrero, or perhaps a fez. There they would be, sitting on the floor, Mr. Frith remembered, “two grown men in stupid hats trying to come up with the right word for a book that had only 50 words in it at most.”
