My latest masterpiece, Honest Abe’s Funny Money Book, illustrated by the excellent Jim Paillot, is now available! Well, sort of! It can be obtained via Scholastic’s Lucky book club. Maybe your kid brought home a flyer. Maybe not!
And it comes with a real penny, right on the cover. (That came out of my payment.)
Is the penny a Wimp Factor 14 homage? Can I get a copy?
I’m going to leave a copy on the train tracks to make it more authentic. Tom, I’ll write to you on the FB machine.
How cute! Congrats!
One of the few things I really looked forward to in elementary school was when a box would come in full of fresh Scholastic books. And if you ordered three, you got something like a poster of a seal or a kitten!
If I give you my Lucky order form will you autograph that, too?
This looks good, but I think we have deeper problems about understanding the value of money at my house. The other day, my 4YO says to my 7YO “Hey, we should get a time machine”. My 7YO replies somewhat scornfully “No. We can’t do that. They’re way too expensive. They’re like… $49”
CL–me too! Still remember getting Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh and a couple of baseball books.
Jadine: Am only signing boxes of Lucky Charms.
Dave–hilarious even if mildly troubling.
Oh yay. Congrats on the new book! 🙂
Hello Mr. Silbert,
I’m trying to get my hands on your book “Honest Abe’s Funny Money.” My son is in the 1st grade and his teacher is expecting him to complete an assignment after reading your book. However, on that day, I checked him out early because he had a therapy appointment. My son is on the autistic spectrum and has ADHD. I’m trying to help him complete the assignment but his teacher will not provide the book, and expects him to complete the assignment by memory??? I tried looking in the library and at several online bookstores, and found nothing. Please help! I don’t want him to fall behind!
Thanks,
Erryn Shine
Hi Erryn,
Unfortunately the book is only available through Scholastic Book Clubs right now. I would suggest calling them (1-800-724-6527) and asking if it’s possible to get an individual copy. Or else (with your assistance obviously) I imagine the assignment could be completed by looking on the U.S. Mint and U.S. Treasury websites; there is much factual info about coins and bills. The Mint has a good kids’ site:
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/
Good luck!!!
Jack