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Simple Simon (library poster boy)

Simple Simon (library poster boy) is recorded in 1 distinct story.

The Library Policeman assigns this nickname to a boy represented in its warning poster. Other stories cite the nursery rhyme or restaurant sign; no shared depicted person is established.

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The Library Policeman

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She laughed. “Oh! You must mean the Library Policeman . . . and Simple Simon, of course.” “Simple Simon?” “You know the poster that says NEVER TAKE RIDES FROM STRANGERS? That’s what the kids call the little boy in the picture.

The librarian says children call the screaming poster boy Simple Simon.

The Library Policeman ↗By Stephen KingCollected in Four Past Midnight