tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post391371903738656075..comments2024-02-11T12:15:45.272-06:00Comments on Neato Coolville: ZIP THE DOG FROM MY WEEKLY READER SURPRISETodd Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400377734350011046noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post-72415948364357247202018-01-31T18:57:07.054-06:002018-01-31T18:57:07.054-06:00I was born in 1963 in Indianapolis in I loved zip ...I was born in 1963 in Indianapolis in I loved zip I named my German Shepherd Zip I was just telling my young kids about how I named my dog zip when I had the idea to do a Google search for The Weekly Reader thanks for sharingMark weavernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post-86750133159580088922013-09-07T21:50:52.795-05:002013-09-07T21:50:52.795-05:00(Just now catching up on the comments from this po...(Just now catching up on the comments from this post.)<br /><br />Mike - Good point!<br /><br />Brian - You were lucky you got to see Jaws. I tried talking my parents to take me to see Jaws, but it didn't work.<br /><br />Scrapatorium - Thanks! Oh that's too bad you didn't get to know Zip! <br /><br />Leftylimbo - Wow, that order form is really cool to see! <br /><br />Tom - Weekly Reader was a big part of so many childhoods.<br /><br />Kathy - Nice score!! I would love to see that art board sometime. <br /><br />Todd Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400377734350011046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post-21299867500706036332013-09-02T10:21:21.211-05:002013-09-02T10:21:21.211-05:00Very cool, I used to get The Weekly Reader when I ...Very cool, I used to get The Weekly Reader when I was a kid. This past weekend at a yard sale I picked up the art board for the Bicentennial Theme Weekly Reader. Took me a bit to find out what it was from.<br /><br />KathyKathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post-84662847385218572542013-02-22T16:13:36.392-06:002013-02-22T16:13:36.392-06:00What? Weekly Reader folded in 2012?! Thank goodn...What? Weekly Reader folded in 2012?! Thank goodness there's still Scholastic books. I don't recall Zip, but I do remember the excitement of when the order forms would arrive and the day the books would come in. Watching the teacher open that box of fresh new books was joyous.<br /><br />I have quite the collection of Weekly Reader books found at garage and estate sales. Some time I need to blog about them.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post-42529832925196588192013-02-13T14:35:26.957-06:002013-02-13T14:35:26.957-06:00Wow, what an excellent, amazing story. So cool tha...Wow, what an excellent, amazing story. So cool that you were able to get all those puppets after all! Thanks for sharing. <br /><br />We seem to be about the same age, but I don't remember Weekly Readers nor Zip the Dog from my early years. It wasn't until about '78 or '79 when I remembered getting the "Goodtime Paperbacks" book order forms which my teacher(s) would hand out in class. I have one which my parents saved…you can see it <a href="http://www.leftylimbo.com/2012/07/goodtime-paperbacks-student-book-news-february-1979/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. leftylimbohttp://www.leftylimbo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post-18440916294051207942013-02-12T15:09:56.345-06:002013-02-12T15:09:56.345-06:00What a fabulous story! I don't remember seein...What a fabulous story! I don't remember seeing these at my schools, either in Indiana or Texas. I would have obsessed over lost puppets too. And like you, my kindergarten memories are very vivid, but there are other grades I don't remember at all.Scrapatoriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384588219074080050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post-79282034179860566832013-02-11T12:11:04.664-06:002013-02-11T12:11:04.664-06:00This is the Zip from my elementary school years.19...This is the Zip from my elementary school years.1974-75 was my first grade year and these images all look familiar.It's strange to think how much I enjoyed simple,cute images like this during the school year,and then,in the Summer,talked my older cousin into taking me to see Jaws which I watched with fangs bared !Both memories,which are like day & night by comparison, are stored in the same fond memories file.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24914557.post-35208893741423865272013-02-11T11:15:36.539-06:002013-02-11T11:15:36.539-06:00Another entertaining little NC story from the 70&#...Another entertaining little NC story from the 70's! You know a certain big brother of yours probably would have taken the puppets and destroyed them so it was probably a good thing they were lost.Mike Middletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684283528080368135noreply@blogger.com