About
#RuinaChildrensBook is a hashtag game played on Twitter that involves altering or adding to the title of a classic children’s book that would make the book unpleasant or distasteful.
Origin
Spread
With 24 hours of the episode airing the hashtag #RuinaChildrensBook[3] was tweeted out over 126,000 times. On March 25th The Daily Dot[1] covered the hashtag. The same day Bustle[4] published an article titled “#RUINACHILDRENSBOOK and 8 Other Hilarious Bookist Hashtags.”
Notable Examples
book cover RT
paulscheer: The Cat in Pharrel's Hat #RuinAChildrensBook @midnight pic.twitter.com/cemSn2O9qO</p>— Darth TM (darth) March 25, 2014
Charlie and the Chocolate Allergy #RuinAChildrensBook
— Norm Wilner (@wilnervision) March 25, 2014
Harry Potter and the Kidney Stone #RuinAChildrensBook
— Jo Knowles (@JoKnowles) March 25, 2014
James and the Giant Peach-Sized Tumor. #ruinachildrensbook
midnight</p>— James Sims (SimsJames) March 25, 2014
Search Interest
External References
[1]TheDailyDot – How to ruin a children’s book in 140 characters
[3]Topsy – #RuinaChildrensBook
[4]Bustle – #RuinaChildrensBook