Friday, November 19, 2010

And you thought I was kidding about the Silly Bandz.

As promised, some book-related ephemera!

The eponymous boxes. Behind them you can see (left to right) a Halloween card sent by Penguin ("Happy Halloween from Dick and Jane and Vampires"), a leaf art thank-you note from Lois Ehlert, a Bink and Gollie watch, and pink pouches of fairy dust. What you sadly can't see, obscured by the mountain of packages, are a Very Hungry Caterpillar wall calendar and a print from Carin Berger's Forever Friends.

From left to right:
-- a "scrapbook" and (underneath) tote bag promoting Travels with Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana
-- a BLAD of Matthew Reinhart's and Robert Sabuda's forthcoming Encyclopedia Mythologica: Dragons and Monsters-- the Dick and Jane and Vampires Halloween card again (I just really like it)
-- The Boxcar Children, The Buddy Files, and Zapato Power-themed "collectible shaped rubber bands"
-- Frankly Frannie pencils
-- Sandra Boynton's Amazing Cows doorknob hanger and info packet, including a free download of her 17-minute version of "Bolero" for orchestra and kazoo, AND
-- a DVD of interviews with Maya Soetoro-Ng and Yuyi Morales about their picture book Ladder to the Moon.
Whew! If you packed everything into the handy Gannon and Wyatt tote bag, you'd have a well-rounded (if somewhat haphazard) bookish goody bag.

I'm pretty sure Reinhart's and Sabuda's pop-up dragon can kick our dragon's butt.

A thoughtful note from former intern Meaghan, enclosed with her box of review copies from IPG.

Don't you wish you got Boxcar Children Silly Bandz in your mail?


-- Katie Bircher

7 comments:

  1. Any chance you could post a better picture of the Bink and Gollie watch? Ever since Betsy Bird mentioned getting one, I've been dying to see what it looks like!

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  2. Hmmm, I expected Boxcar Children silly bands in shapes like a baked potato, a cherry, and a pink cup with a crack in it. But then, I only read the first one.

    (Jellyfish, maybe? Is that what it is? And a winged shoe?)

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  3. my students would kill for Zapato Power silly bandz....after reading aloud the first in the series, my students were running around yelling "zoom, zoom zapato" during recess for a month!

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  4. Thanks for mentioning the silly bands Katie! Glad you enjoyed them.

    Laurie -- Yes, it's a winged shoe from Zapato Power and the dog is from the Buddy Files -- a cracked pink cup would have been great.

    Eric -- send me a message...hint...hint...

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  5. Melissa, here's a link to a (small) image of the watch:

    http://www.grandmasbriefs.com/storage/BinkGollyWatch.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1289692286781

    The band is red with orange polkadots, and the face says "Bink & Gollie." The girls are rollerskating and Bink is holding a fishbowl on her head.

    Hope that helps!

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  6. Yes, I want Boxcar Children silly bands in my mail. Pop-up Dragons, too. Can I get on the same list as you?

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  7. I would pay serious bucks for a Bink & Gollie watch. I am SO jealous....

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