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pirates of the caribbean games
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mighty morphin power rangers games
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free comic book day 2016!
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stars antiques portland
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the bloggess ~ jenny lawson's blog
so much cool & funny stuff here..
culture of comics blog
cool blog by jeff whitman of papercutz..
bright & tiny gems blog
vintage & other cool things here..
dinosaur dracula
cool site i just discovered on twitter..
mystic halloween blog
a cool halloween blog i discovered..
jnk davis ~ celebrating creative togetherness
a cool creative site..
view from the birdhouse
fun vintage to be found here..
vintage teen books
a great site full of young adult books..
ravensblight haunted paper toys..
one of my favorite sites..
zombo's closet
a scary cool blog..
the collinsport historical society
for dark shadows fans..
little people meet mr potatohead
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tracy's toys
a cool toy blog..
retroland
everything retro
timewarp toys
buy old toys here ~
vintage valentine museum
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tommy's toys
a cool vintage toy blog..
dis forum
for fans of disneyland..
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cool vintage halloween stuff here..
collectible vintage toys
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kathy's fastfood toys
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online antique mall ~ toys
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imaginary world
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doombuggies
haunted mansion site
this old toy
fisher price store
enchanted world of rankin/bass
rick goldschmidt ~ rankin/bass historian
scar stuff
vintage halloween blog
greenleaf miniatures
for dollhouse enthusiasts
little golden books
steve santi's store
sam's toy box
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ghost stories..

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05/01/2018

book month ~ scholastic dictionary

may is book month here at the lost & found ~

i always like scholastic books ~

starting with a cool scholastic dictionary (hey, it's lawrence welk!) ~

with lots of color pictures ~

this book helped my son with his homework through the years ~

i'll be posting books all month here at the lost & found ~

saturday is the spring friends of the library sale & i'll surely be bringing home more treasure for my library ~

saturday is also free comic book day so i'll have comic books to post too ~

a skelly ~

toxic was a bookworm, always filling up her backpack with books from her local library ~

bren

Posted at 09:46 AM in old school, scholastic, science | Permalink | Comments (0)

10/30/2017

the ugly pumpkin

here's a fun scholastic book for halloween eve ~

the ugly pumpkin by dave horowitz ~

it starts out very sad ~

the ugly pumpkin is subject to bullying ~

the skellyman is not friendly ~

nor are the spooky trees ~

Poor Pumpkin! ~

& then it started to rain ~

i have to give away the ending here ~

o my gosh i'm a squash!!!! ~

yay!! tomorrow!! tomorrow!!! ~

bren

Posted at 09:45 AM in books, halloween, scholastic, thanksgiving | Permalink | Comments (0)

10/17/2017

paperback rack

let's see what we can find on the paperback rack today ~

hmm, vampire plagues, sounds interesting ~

the house with a clock in its walls ~

vintage dell & scholastic books are always good ~

an old crest scifi classic ~

the day of the triffids ~

a favorite author of toxic's, cs lewis ~

how about the mind parasites ~

actually i think we have enough of this irl right now ~

the boxes ~

a penguin book ~

crablike & grotesque :o ~

i've collected magic the gathering cards but haven't posted them here yet ~

but i've never read the associated stories ~

here are a few selections to peruse ~

i'll have to post my magic cards soon ;) ~

haunted waters ~

i myself enjoy dark otherwordly fantasies ~

the mystery of the silver spider ~

with the three investigators ~

aah! real monsters! ~

ickis gets stuck in the human world.. yeah, that Is scary ~

some ghost jokes seem in order ~

bren

Posted at 11:30 AM in books, fantasy, ghosts, monsters, scholastic, space & robots, television | Permalink | Comments (0)