I use what ever I can find...LOL Mini blindes if you get just one will last a life time... Pencil lasts forever as does a China Marker~grease pencil..Having them attached to the plant or pot helps.. I also have little helpers around and they love to clean up all of those markers .."Here Nanie we picked these up for you" AWWWW!!! Baby THANKS.. PIchiiii...LOL

I found this info in the Faq section of a Golden Books website. "In golden books copyright dates to not help to determine edition. The copyright usually means the copyright of the story not the book. The oldest books have printings listed in front such as: First printing, Nov.1942 with other printings also listed. The next books the A determined the first edition. It can be found inside the back cover near the spines lower right corner. An A is first, B is second and so on. There was a time on the .39 books were no edition was noted. We call that an unstated first edtion. The 24 page books will have a listing of letters like A B C D E F G H or C D E F G H I J K on the title page. The letter on the left hand side determines the edition. These 24 page books can also have and A by the Roman numeral year with all other editions not marked. The golden books of the last few years only have the first edition marked with an A or first printing on the title page. What do the numbers on the covers of golden books mean? The older books were numbered from 1-600 and Disney from D1-D40. Many numbers had more than one title so it is difficult to determine how many were printed. The five digit numbers such as 354-22 have no meaning that I know of for listing. We do know that a 354-09 was printed before a 354-11. The newest books have a number on the back cover but again we donÂt know of any sequence." If you want to make an inquiry through the mail,there's a book club listed in one of my collectible books. Golden Book Clun, 19626 Ricardo Ave., Hayward, Ca. 94541

I subscribed many years ago. I know it's no longer in print. I think Vogue magazine put out a collection book of some of WB old patterns. Saw the book on Amazon but I'm too cheap to pay for it. I have plenty of knitting projects. And I can't crochet. I know I saved my old WBs. Now where did I put them? Maybe I can sell them on Ebay. I once found a Womans day from 1983 in my attic. Obviously some great recipe or craft idea in there!

carolyn, I liked your word, "tidy-minded". It doesn't really apply to me as far as my reading, but I liked the word. Read more than one? Always. Always an upstairs book, at least one downstairs book. At least two in the car, one in my purse, one paperback mystery shoved under the seat of DH's SUV (just in case... shhhh... he doesn't know it's there.) and quite often, an audio tape in my car as well... the current audio tape is a Hamish McBeth mystery, Death of a Perfect Wife. And I usually have one textbook-type non-fiction book that I read in bits and pieces, too. Right now, that book is William J. Bennett's AMERICA: The Last Best Hope, volume 1. I cannot seem to hold myself to just one book. We are going on vacation in a month or two and with the new weight restrictions on luggage, I am seriously considering paring down the clothes so I can take the same number of books. PAM