Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for August 10, 2024

That was a big thrill when I was a kid back in the 60s. Waiting for the Sears Wish Book the J C Penny and I think Monkey Wards had a Christmas catalog. Can’t remember.

Don’t toy with his love of literature, Mom

Next month or two the TV ad’s will start increasing on toys.

At least a paper book does not contain a button he can press to buy stuff.

what is this? 1989, must be a Sears catalog

They still have toy catalogs?

hope he traded Zoe’s Barbee doll for it

If the kid is interested in reading don’t discourage him. Just keep the credit/debit cards locked in a safety deposit box away from the home.

For me it was the Lionel trains catalogs. And, of course, the catalogs of the big stores like Sears and JCPenney, which also sold Lionel trains back then, too.

Yes I agree… I remember beginning to like catalogs in the 50’s… and I didn’t just like the toy section. For some odd reason (full disclosure) I also looked at the women’s underwear…

At least it encourages his reading!

One of my fondest memories is going through the Sears Christmas Wish Book and circling the stuff that I wanted for Christmas. I wouldn’t get 90% of it (my parents would have had to have been millionaires) but it mattered not. I always held out the hope…

On a somewhat related note, my father used to tell us that even though Santa brought the gifts he’d send Dad a bill. That is how he explained why the only child down the street was showered with gifts like bicycles, Atari 2600’s, Commodore 64’s, etc but myself and my three siblings had to make do with “only” $200 worth of gifts each (and back in the 70’s/80’s $200 would buy a LOT of gifts!)

Are you kidding me?! Instead of doing your summer like you’re suppose to, YOU ARE ALREADY MAKING YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST?!

That’s right, given ‘em books they’ll enjoy.

Our 9 year old grandson loves to read toy catalogues, and everything else actually.

I recall as a kid spending hours looking through the Sears, Penny’s, Montgomery Wards and Western Auto catalogs. I’d dog ear pages and write down everything about something I wanted for my birthday or Christmas. I normally didn’t get a lot of what I had requested but, my first bicycle, a Western Flyer and a BB gun came from Western Auto.

Well at least he’s reading something. Maybe, and it’s a slim maybe, he’ll read something else. Even a comic book would be a start.

It counts a book of the 5 for Summer Reading. ;>)

It might not be the kind of reading you want, but still! It’s reading.

Before my time, but, Sears used to sell houses from their catalogue! Not THAT was the good old days.

Finished “Storm Furies” yesterday (latest Tinker series book) – just came out 4 days ago and has over 400 pages in large hardcover print. It was everything and nothing like I imagined – “Waya!”

Hey, if it gets him to read, from a printed magazine or book, then let him have at it.

Sears Christmas Wish Catalogue…for kids growing up in rural Canada in the 60s and 70s, that was probably the most eagerly awaited bit of mail….and the most read, after my Hardy Boys’ books of course.

He might like an old JC Penney Christmas catalog.

Yep, Sears Wish Book was anticipated as much as Christmas.

Getting a jump start on his Christmas list!

Mama, can I have this? And this? Ooh, and I gotta have this!!

Wanda, reading is reading, don’t knock it. You can work on the quality of the material later on.

Not much of a plot but it’ll capture his imagination for awhile.

Hey he’s reading. Doesn’t matter what you read, just read. Usually it will lead to another thing to read, then another and another…..

It’s still a book mom.

When there was nothing else, we would read the Yellow Pages, or Dad’s dictionary.

Hahahaha

Gotta love that Hammie (⁠☞⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠☞

fancy stores like Neiman-Marcus and Hammacher Schlemmerstill have high-priced catalogues.

No,I didn’t make up that second name

There is a dot com website called christmas.musetechnical that has scans of over 300 Christmas, Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer catalogs dating back to the 1940s.