Among the many fun places to blow some cash is in the dishware store Fishs Eddy, located in NYC’s Flatiron District, OR on the store’s website, where I recently discovered a number of wonderfully bookish designs.

First up: dishes and glassware featuring an Alice in Wonderland Pattern. (Click on the photo to be transported to the Alice page of the store’s website.) My only complaint is that none of the dishes sport the words "Eat me" or "Drink me," which seems like a missed opportunity.

My favorite part of this set are the salt and pepper shakers.

Children’s book enthusiasts might also enjoy seeing familiar rhymes ring the sides of cereal bowls, mugs, and glasses with a "Nursery" theme.

Keep your mind on your writing with these mugs, glasses, and cheese trays that look like writing paper (or graph paper for you techical artistes). Fishs Eddy calls this its "Memo" line.

You’ve gotta love the "Composition Cup."

Think of the fun messages you could spell with a complete set of these "Alphabet" mugs. Heh, heh, heh. Great cabinet prank potential.

What does the squirrel platter below have to do with books, exactly? It’s one of a few pieces designed by Jessie Hartland, author and illustrator of Night Shift (Bloomsbury, 2007) and illustrator of Messing Around on the Monkey Bars and Other School Poems for Two Voices written by Betsy Franco (Candlewick Press, July 2009), to name just two of her books. (Note that on the Fishs Eddy website, Jessie is listed as "Jesse" without the "i". A typo, I assume?)

And finally, for those of you who prefer "OLDER" literature, you can drink your favorite beverage from one of these glasses featuring "Heroes of the Torah."

L’Chaim!