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<\/a>Staci and Eugenia stand off against Drew Daywalt.<\/p><\/div> Lisa Brown and Goldfish Ghost<\/p><\/div> In the end, the Emerald City may have won the day, but really I’m just happy to work with creative people who are in bookselling for the fun of it all. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sparkles, and paint, and glue guns, oh my!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nROUND ONE: <\/strong>When we heard we were going to host Drew Daywalt, we knew we had to bring <\/a>some out-of-the box exuberant fun, so booksellers Staci, Merrilee, and Griffin got to work bringing to life a legendary battle for the ages. Of course we had to leave the standees up instore to let kids take their turn becoming the heroes of The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors. <\/em>Sadly, Paper was too large to leave out permanently, and Rock’s three-dimensional design did not lead to success in the longevity competition. EARLY LEADER: SCISSORS!<\/strong>
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\nROUND TWO: <\/strong>Next up? An evening with Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown. Our trio tackled the endearingly macabre charms of The Goldfish Ghost<\/em> using a yoga ball to\u00a0shape the perfect vessel for a recently deceased fish. And yes, a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 dead goldfish turns out to be quite a conversation starter. Plus, using twinkle lights to simulate decorative rocks is pretty irresistible. TOUGH CONTENDER: GOLDFISH GHOST!<\/strong>
\nROUND THREE: <\/strong>Today they truly outdid themselves with an installation celebrating the <\/a>downtown Zilker Theater Production’s upcoming presentation of The Wizard of Oz<\/em>, which we happen to be sponsoring for a night. It\u2019s over six feet tall from top to bottom, bedazzled in fringe and sparkles and flags and more. Inspiring a member of our receiving department to opine that he could not shrink himself to fit inside, this glittering green wonder is hard to beat.<\/p>\nKNOCKOUT VICTORY: EMERALD CITY!
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