Michael Popek's Blog, page 94

Autobiography

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Laura Hudson
Fish's Eddy
New York
My grandmother lives across the driveway from us so here's her phone no. Me 7, 4933
Box #6 13774

My age is 9 1/2

born 1960
I wrote this little piece in 1969-70
Oct. 12

Found in "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. Published by Ariel Books, 1963 - third printing.


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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Gertrude Miller Stoehr, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.

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Friday Giveaway: The Jungle Books - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.


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Friday Giveaway: The Jungle Books

This week I am giving away this spectacular edition of Kipling's "Jungle Books."  It was published by The Easton Press in 1980, and is just like new; very clean, bright, unmarked and tight. Watered-silk endpapers, all page edges gilt, archival quality paper, ribbon bookmark. Color illustrations by David Gentleman.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Twitter , Facebook , Instagram or via email .

I will pick a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.

Good luck!

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May 1924

Black and white photograph. Near the bottom is written "May 1924."

Found in "The Seven That Were Hanged" by Leonid Andreyev. Published by the Book League of America, 1931.



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Will You Be My Valentine

Homemade valentine.

The front reads "WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?"

Inside:

I've lost my heart
around some where
just give me
your and call
it square

Reverse side: "From Willard - To Everett Bond"

Found in "Toby Tyler" by James Otis. Published by Harper and Brothers, 1923.

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Giveaway winners

Two winners this week - in no particular order, @lorri1956 via Instagram who picked up the Honey Bunch books and Stuart Butler via Facebook, who gets the Hardy Boys.

Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.


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Friday Giveaway: Two Sets Of Vintage Kid's Series Books - contest closed

Contest is now closed, winners will be announced shortly.

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Friday Giveaway: Two Sets Of Vintage Kid's Series Books

I'm giving away these two sets of vintage children's series books this week, seven Hardy Boys titles and seven Honey Bunch titles. That means two winners.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram or via email .

I will pick two winners at random from all the entries tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern.

Good luck!

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Fish Fingers and Custard

Photograph featuring Amelia Pond.

No, not this Amelia Pond, this one:



It's in the Spencer Crest Nature Center at Corning Community College, Corning NY.

Found in "Peter's War" by Joyce Lee Malcolm. Published by Yale University Press, 2009.

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