Comments on: it’s educational, I guess

By: Mamacita Tina

Mamacita Tina — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:20:00 +0000

As a teacher, I of course did the book orders with the kids. I was always amazed at the crap the book club would send. They’re just another business trying to make money. The books, however, I found to be less expensive than if you bought them in the stores.

The cross bar picture cracked me up! Yep, you must be missing some other dinos.

By: daring one

daring one — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:12:00 +0000

That mobile is the most pathetic thing I’ve seen today and I’m sure you’re right. He will be thrilled

By: Plain Jane Mom

Plain Jane Mom — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:52:00 +0000

I am ashamed to admit that what I really, really wanted from those book orders was always the cat posters! “Hang in there, baby!”

We don’t do those at our house now because, well I’m mean, but also because those flimsy paperbacks don’t last more than a couple of weeks with my 3.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:19:00 +0000

Ooooo, the glow-in-the-dark T-Rex skeleton rocks!

Scholastic, you said?

By: Velma

Velma — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:10:00 +0000

Who doesn’t love the pigeon, right? The dinosaur mobile, however, looks more like a dinosaur being helicoptered someplace, like when they transport a whale or something. I’m in the minority here, but I let my kids get one cartoon book in an order if they want to. We’re pretty omnivorous in our reading material…I may have dinosaurs on the brain now, if I’m using words like omnivorous?

By: Anne Glamore

Anne Glamore — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:57:00 +0000

Watch out for the Book Order Scam: You may have inadvertantly signed up for a CLUB when you thought you were only buying a couple of books. All of a sudden, your mailbox will be flooded with books, then the overdue account notices come, then the letter from the collection agency. Don’t worry– I have the letter you send them to extricate yourself from the web, but it’s a pain in the ass.