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  • Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies is how I teach children the alphabet.

    The Sudden Curve: 2005

  • Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies is how I teach children the alphabet.

    A is for Amy Who Fell Down the Stairs... 2005

  • "Tinies" are generally super ultra PG and often play naive -- much like a young critter in Bambi might.

    Twitter And The Furries And I 2009

  • Haven't had a chance to see this week's shows yet thank goodness for DVR, but last week I realized that Siobhan's shoulder tattoo is the cover art for Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies.

    American Idol Season 9 2010

  • And we've managed to survive Bond's 101 Uses for a Dead Cat (1981), Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies (1963), and Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children (1907), to name some earlier books in the same mode.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • And we've managed to survive Bond's 101 Uses for a Dead Cat (1981), Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies (1963), and Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children (1907), to name some earlier books in the same mode.

    Scared of What Little Fluffy Rabbits Might Do 2008

  • Some of the Tinies are more grown up in their speech patterns but don't count on them always behaving mature.

    Twitter And The Furries And I 2009

  • I felt like the structure of it was very Edward Gorey's "The Gashleycrumb Tinies" "B is for Basil assaulted by bears".

    Slumdog: Eh. (What if No One's Watching?) 2009

  • The Gashlycrumb Tinies: "N is for NEVILLE who died of ennui"

    Coffee Cup Browsing (Bizarro Edition) 2009

  • I'm a huge fan of Edward Gorey's work, have been most of my life, ever since the first time I was exposed to The Gashleycrumb Tinies.

    April 5th, 2007 dyvinedeviance 2007

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