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This highly entertaining book evokes a time, just a few decades ago, that must seem very strange to most of today s children. It was a time when kids could see cartoons only in theaters or on TV, in shows that could not yet be recorded. Cartoon-themed merchandise was thus a way to stay connected with beloved characters who were otherwise just as inaccessible as flesh-and-blood movie stars. Thanks to Tim Hollis and his richly illustrated book, readers who remember those days can revisit them with a smile a lot of cartoon merchandise was hilariously awful and younger readers can enjoy peeking through a window into what life was like before cartoons became ubiquitous on videotape and DVD. Michael Barrier, author of Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books and The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney

This highly entertaining book evokes a time, just a few decades ago, that must seem very strange to most of today's children. It was a time when kids could see cartoons only in theaters or on TV, in shows that could not yet be recorded. Cartoon-themed merchandise was thus a way to stay connected with beloved characters who were otherwise just as inaccessible as flesh-and-blood movie stars. Thanks to Tim Hollis and his richly illustrated book, readers who remember those days can revisit them with a smile--a lot of cartoon merchandise was hilariously awful--and younger readers can enjoy peeking through a window into what life was like before cartoons became ubiquitous on videotape and DVD. --Michael Barrier, author of Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books and The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney

"Toons in Toyland takes a quirky historical look at the merchandising of cartoon characters, and it proves to be a fun read for boys and girls of all ages. . . .It is [also] amusingly written and filled with wonderful photographs of mid-century products.--Patrick Cooke ""The Wall Street Journal"""

Toons in Toyland takes a quirky historical look at the merchandising of cartoon characters, and it proves to be a fun read for boys and girls of all ages. . . .It is [also] amusingly written and filled with wonderful photographs of mid-century products. --Patrick Cooke, The Wall Street Journal

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Tim Hollis, Birmingham, Alabama, has published twenty-four books on pop culture history. For more than thirty years he has maintained a museum of cartoon-related merchandise in Dora, Alabama. He is the author of Dixie before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun; Florida's Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast; Hi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs; Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century; and, with Greg Ehrbar, Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

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