Go for the Gold Treasury

The Olympics are on and this clever treasury was created with my little blueberry hat in it. Thank you to katsinthebelfry a member of the NaturalKids team for creating this treasury.

Birthday Wishes Front Page

So a very Happy Birthday to Me! I come back from vacation, and I notice a high number of hearts on a hat in my other shop. Did you know that you can search old front page treasuries from the delightful tool on The Vault from Craft Cult? It's amazing, saves you hours of looking for your missing "I was on the front page does anyone have a copy of the treasury?" I don't have a screen shot of the front page, but I'm good with that, I am in the Vault!

The Return of Blueberries for Sal

Breaking News! According to Publishers Weekly, Blueberries for Sal is coming back into print. As I previously blogged about some adventures I had when trying to get a copy of the book to go with my blueberry hat, one of my favorite hat and book sets.

McCloskey is a favorite author in Boston, and with the recent caper with one of our beloved ducks, the news of this story being returned to print with new attention to ink shades is a treat. Maineiacs should delight in this news, especially when blueberry season gets underway!

Blueberry Bummer

I have sold only one hat and book set from my show at the Needham Library. I hope people are waiting to see me at the Needham High PTC Craft Fair next month! But what was interesting was that my blueberry hat and the Blueberries for Sal book sold. Not a problem, I thought. So I made the hat, and went off to my local bookstore to buy the book, and was shocked to find that they have all been pulled from the shelves.

All copies of Blueberries for Sal are no longer for sale because of negotiations between the McCloskey family and the publisher, Penguin. What is even more interesting is that next to nothing can be found on the internet about this. This great classic of a book has silently been pulled from circulation, and that saddens me more.

From an online Publisher's Weekly Children's Bookshelf August 21, 2008:

Rhalee Hughes, director of publicity at Penguin Books for Young Readers, acknowledges that the classic picture book is currently unavailable, but says, "We have been in negotiations with [Robert McCloskey's] estate and we are hopeful that we may be able to put Blueberries for Sal back into circulation."

So please, don't buy inflated used book prices you might find. Wait it out. Reprinting will happen in due time.

My Blueberry hat collection:

It's Time for Summer Reading

Summer is the time when I like to catch up on a lot of reading I just didn't find the time to do during the school year. So what better way to excite children and books than to combine a fun hat to wear that matches the story you are reading to them? I have several sets that people love to give as gifts.


This is a great popular classic story, what will the hungry caterpillar eat next?
It can be fun to line up the real food in your house in two, threes, fours and even more!
Chomp! Chomp!

Yum, sun ripened strawberries!
But watch out!
A BIG HUNGRY BEAR wants a bite too!
This story is so much fun to read to little ones, I had a blast doing the voices when I was reading it to my goddaughter and her older sister. This is one that they will beg "Again, again!"
And the strawberry hat is just plain fun.

Little fairies in the garden, in the trees, in the air, little fairies are everywhere!
Your little girls will start seeing fairies everywhere when you read to her from this little poem book while she wears her little fairy hat. There is one for each season.
The illustrations in this book are to be delighted over and cherished for generations to come.


Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?
A wonderful reading game to enjoy with children, this is another classic, and what little one doesn't look adorable in ears??
What animal will be in the next page for your child to find?



One berry, two berry pick me a blueberry!
Children will love this rolicking adventure with the boy, the bear, and the berries in this rhyming text of fun! And the blueberry hat is perfect for a boy or a girl. My goddaughter's older sister calls her blueberry hat her blueberry muffin hat.

Oh, Peter, you were warned to stay out of the garden.
Snuggle up with your little bunny and enjoy this little classic with your favorite treat, because what is reading Peter Rabbit without being rewarded for being a good little bunny?
Although, reading about Peter's capers sure is fun!