Did You Know That Sylvia Plath Wrote Three Children’s Books?

Three happier ways to remember the poet and author.

We tend to think of Sylvia Plath in dark tones — the poet and novelist famously struggled with depression and mental illness in her work (her most notable being her novel The Bell Jar and her poetry collections The Colossus and Ariel) before meeting an untimely death at only 30-years-old.

But, Plath had a brighter side to her. She apparently wrote three children's books. And we probably haven't heard of them because they're out of print and some were published after her death. Here's a look.

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The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit

The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit was published in 1966. In a nutshell, it's about a young boy named Max who dreams of a suit he can wear for "doing Everything." You know, one of those day-to-night, fancy-meets-casual, year-round pieces. And he eventually finds it and then never takes it off. Men. Typical.

The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit

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Max dreams of a suit of his own...

Max dreams of a suit of his own...

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If you dream it, it will come! A mysterious suit arrives at the house...

If you dream it, it will come! A mysterious suit arrives at the house...


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