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good sweaters!

A colleague writes:

Did you know that if you go to www.coraline.com, you can find a short film about the making of the puppets’ tiny sweaters in the movie, and you can also find a real-life size Coraline sweater pattern?

 

Hint:  The short film can be accessed by opening the top dresser drawer in Coraline’s room.

 

The sweater pattern can be accessed by opening the bottom dresser drawer in Coraline’s room.

bad sweaters

I gather bad sweater contests are in vogue. Boy, I coulda won a few of those in the 70's.

music

Thomas Dolby has covered one of the best songs of all time: Dan Hicks' I Scare Myself. And Tom Malone  equals Al Green for falsetto soul on the Subdudes' cover of I'm So Tired. And geez, catch the Subdudes on tour in 09, would ya?

women and friendship

From our friends at Shelf Awareness: More than a few booksellers--and customers--have loved a five-minute discussion of women and friendships by Kelly Corrigan, whose The Middle Place (Voice, $14.95, 9781401340933/1401340938), is coming out in paperback next week. Called Transcending: Words on Women and Strength, her "toast" can be seen on YouTube.

indies pick cool gift books

As heard on NPR, 3 indie experts opine eclectically!

big books as gift campaign

The American publishers gift message site is up and in full swing!!!

James Patterson's good deed

Check out his wonderful read to kids site. My guess is that he's paying for the cool ad campaign out of his own pocket, too.

p-books

I’m all for e-books, for reasons of literacy, accessibility and more, but I do believe the “p-book” will also flourish. This was in Shelf Awareness today: "Bedrooms, bathrooms, beaches and buses will keep the physical book alive."--John Edwards, president and CEO of printer Edwards Brothers, in a Detroit Free Press profile. Edwards explained that "people will always want to do some of their reading in places where electronic formats are difficult to use."

Christmas survival music

THE antidote to the usual music! Jorma Kaukonen’s holiday CD. Not kidding,....it is beautiful. Ditto John Fahey’s acoustic guitar Xmas cd.