scholastic book fair

vintage kids will remember every year when the scholastic book fair came to school ~

when you could order paperback books like these for .30 & .40 cents each :) ~

then you'd wait long enough to forget all about it ~

only to be surprised one day when they showed up in class :D ~

toxic was a bookworm ;) ~

& also a kid sister ~

the bit on the back always drew you in ~

a vintage classic, toxic saw the movie with her mom at the old crest theater in long beach, cali (gone now) ~

we have a special scholastic book shelf now in our toyroom ~

with some of toxic's own original vintage scholastic books like this one ~

& more we've picked up at library sales over the years ~

mom, you're fired! ~

beloved portland author beverly cleary ~

a cat story ~

more like this to come, or just click on scholastic in the category list in the sidebar for much more anytime ~

bren

Comments

[Sally]

I remember ordering books too, Bren! Filling out the order form and then having them arrive at school! =) Thank you for the reminder today. I'm so overwhelmed with caring for my mom and health issues and financial woes, etc. and this post today and your post that I commented on about the art work my mom saved makes me realize that she did, and does, love me in her own way. We didn't have a lot of money, but she let me order books! I was a bookworm too. My escape back then. My thick huge glasses, shyness and autistic ways didn't get me many friends if any, but my books were my friends! =) Thank you for your blog. Like Gumby, they are helping me keep what sanity I have left. <3

[ghost]

sally i'm so glad the lost & found helps you too, it helps me every day, i look forward to the nostalgia, as you know i also am regularly overwhelmed with my health & $ issues.. & i had issues with my mom, i was not her favorite :( but she got better as all of us flawed humans tend to do, & she did love me afterall, like you said, in her own way ;) i was a poor booknerd in glasses too, now i wouldn't change one thing, it made us who we are now, good caring sensitive people with good values..
<3
it reminds me of the decemberists' song lyrics 'oh my god, what a world you have made, what a terrible world, what a beautiful world, what a world you have made..'
it all comes tangled together..

[Sally]

Thanks Bren; you always have the best response. =) Thank you for letting me visit every day if I want to and at any time of day. You are a good soul. =)
......I remember that I used to get lots of the Peanuts Gang books. I loved Snoopy. =)
.....And that cat pillow in the front drew my attention. The mostly pink one next to Eyore. I remember those! I had one just like that at one time. I think I still have the little sample that either me or my sister made into a doll pillow with a felt backing. =)

[ghost]

thanks, sally :)
i love snoopy too, i think of myself as half female linus & half snoopy (the half that cries when shroeder plays sad music on his piano..lol)
i have a few old peanuts paperbacks:
https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/lost_found_vintage_toys/2018/01/vintage-peanuts.html

do you mean this vintage kitty?
https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/lost_found_vintage_toys/2016/04/kitty-plush-toys.html
i think i paid a dollar for him at a yard sale :D

[Sally]

I think I got rid of my old Peanuts paperbacks like so many other things I used to have.....And yes, that's the kitty! I just commented on that post of yours. $1 at a yard sale was a great price! He is from the 60's or 70's and yours is clean! I think I had some of those panels in storage for other similar pillow/toys and may have gotten rid of those too. I have so much craft stuff in storage and Christmas too! I'm going there today to try to sort some of the 90's trolls that I have in there....So overwhelming, but paying a fortune to store all of that stuff that I'll never have room to display is terrible and yet I'm still buying more stuff!

[ghost]

we had to have our stuff all in storage once when my son was small, i remember that feeling of being separated from all your treasures.. have hope, sally, things can change for the better.. wish i could go back to my younger self & tell her that.. lol :)