• Danger for Kids

    Danger for Kids

    Danger! A Child’s book about handling fear, dangerous things, places, and situations Wilt 1979 We have featured this author in the past, and I had not run across one of these in ages. She is nowhere near the weirdness of Doris, but all of hers could be weeded because they…

  • Jell-o Rides Again

    Jell-o Rides Again

    Joys of Jell-o Gelatin General Foods Corporation 1981 We haven’t posted a Jell-o book in ages. As a Midwesterner, I can appreciate the sophistication of Jell-o cuisine. My mom would put marshmallows and fruit cocktail in ours. (Our family lived on the edge.) This book kicks Jell-o to the next…

  • Dinosaurs in the Garden of Eden

    Dinosaurs in the Garden of Eden

    The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible Taylor 1989 Submitter: Earlier this year while we were only doing curbside service, a patron called and asked for dinosaur books for her kids. Somehow I had missed this gem while weeding the J-nonfiction, and I was so glad that I found it…

  • Hostess Helps and Recipes

    Hostess Helps and Recipes

    Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook General Mills 1973 I know that COVID-19 puts a damper on any kind of entertaining, but just in case you are preparing for that day when we are all healthy, Betty Crocker has you covered. This book truly has some retro recipes I am sure you…

  • Cooking for your troubled tummy

    Cooking for your troubled tummy

    The Troubled Tummy Cookbook Recipes and Diets Roth 1976 Aside from the dumb title, this book was just fine for the 1970s. The troubled tummy part of this is geared to diets for post surgery, and specific conditions such as heart disease and ulcers. During the 1970s and into the…

  • More Pyramid Power

    More Pyramid Power

    The Secret Power of the Pyramid Akins 1980 Submitter: Yes, the hit author of ESP: Your Psychic Powers and How to Test Them is back to tell you the truth about pyramids, who built them, and their mysterious powers. Any 40-year-old book that hasn’t been checked out since well before…