{"id":303,"date":"2008-04-17T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbicmsblog.reedbusiness.com\/elogic_660000266\/2008\/04\/17\/do-i-hear-35-75-sold\/"},"modified":"2008-04-17T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-17T08:30:00","slug":"do-i-hear-35-75-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Do I Hear $35? $75? SOLD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Gareth and I recently got gussied up to attend a fundraiser for Otherworld<\/a>, the wacky (and wonderful) weekend event I blogged about<\/a> last September. In addition to dinner, dancing, and lots of socializing, the evening’s entertainment included a silent auction, for which I donated what else? Books.\"\"<\/p>\n

My first donation inspiration began with my thinking that Inga Moore’s stunningly illustrated (and unabridged!) edition of The Secret Garden<\/a><\/em> would make a wonderful gift for anyone, young or old, and would therefore be a great auction item.<\/p>\n

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I thought this donation ought to be more than just a single book, though, so I planned to pair it with one of the button bouquets I’ve been making for gifts of late.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My donation bouquet, though, needed a vase, and when I went looking for one I found the PERFECT ($1) vase with a Secret Garden-like twist! I couldn’t believe my luck!! (Thank you, Christmas Tree Shops.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Now I had a book and a vase, though, with no ideal way to display the two together, so I chose a nice antiquey-looking tin planter ($5) to situate them in (you can see the side of it peeking out from behind the vase above). While on that same vase\/planter trek, I also found a great "grow" flower pot ($2), which I thought needed to be included in the mix, and a pair of gardening gloves ($1). Brilliant! Except that all of these items sat rather low inside the planter and could easily rattle around in there. So… I solved that problem by lining the planter with some dried moss ($3). And while I was buying the moss couldn’t resist purchasing a fake bird’s best + robin’s eggs ($2), so…  What began as a simple book became, a few dollars later, quite a whiz-bang auction donation, if I do say so myself! Nice enough, at least, to photograph and share with all of you.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My "bigger" donation monetarily, though, was $100 worth of great books for 5-8 year-olds, the approximate age of most Otherworlders’ children, or at least of those who’d be attending this year’s fundraiser. It was a challenge to narrow down my endless list of favorites for the 5-8 bracket, while also trying NOT to choose books that would suit only one end of that spectrum (as in "good for 5 but not so great for 8" and vice versa), and trying TO choose books that most people would be unlikely to have in their home libraries already. In the end I came up with what I think is a pretty solid (and very kid-friendly) selection.<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of the books that made it into that basket, along with a lovely Wellesley Booksmith totebag<\/a>, of course:<\/p>\n

The End of the Beginning<\/a><\/em> by Avi<\/p>\n

The Van Gogh Café<\/a><\/em> by Cynthia Rylant<\/p>\n

The Lemonade War<\/em><\/a> by Jacqueline Davies<\/p>\n

Houndsley and Catina<\/a><\/em> by James Howe, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay<\/p>\n

Vile Verses<\/em><\/a> by Roald Dahl, illustrated by 20+ illustrators<\/p>\n

An Egg Is Quiet<\/em><\/a> by Dianna Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long<\/p>\n

How Big Is It?<\/a><\/em> by Ben Hillman<\/p>\n

So… What do you think? Worth a bid?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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