And what a day it was. We launched officially at 11:57pm Monday evening. Before we went to sleep 20 minutes later, the first three club members had signed up. Another joined in the wee hours. Throughout the day, our inbox alerts were like a machine gun as orders and Facebook notifications streamed in. Thanks to all of you for your excitement and support. And a hearty welcome to the 66 club members who joined us today.
For any of you who are carefully contemplating whether or not to sign up, here’s something to keep in mind. As a special thanks to you Bobbledy pioneers, we are offering a, 8.5″ x 8.5″ limited edition, signed and numbered archival print of one of the panels from the first Bobbledy Book, The Girl With Frogs in Her Ears, (which, incidentally, you can read the first few pages of here, if you like) to everyone who signs up in the first three days. By our math, that means anyone who signs up by 11:57pm on Thursday night.
Here’s the image in question:
Which is to say, carefully contemplate away, but the clock is ticking…
And another thing, several of you wrote, posted, or commented today about wanting to sign up but feeling like you couldn’t sign up because you’re not a kid. To this we say, rubbish and pshaw. If you like beautiful, off-the-wall picture books, then you should have beautiful, off-the-wall picture books. If you like fun, smart, playful songs then you should be able to listen to fun, smart, playful songs. You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy Bobbledy Books. You just have to have been a kid at some point in your past.
Thanks again to everyone for a great day. We can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.
Go Idiots!!!
What age range are your children’s books appropriate for? I have a niece who’s going into 2nd grade and I’m wondering if the club would be too young for her.
It’s a fantastic idea and website, congrats!
I wish I could afford a club subscription for all 9 of my nieces and nephews who are all in the perfect age range. My teenagers are not. :( Maybe I’ll hit the lottery, so that the youngsters can be part of the fun. I haven’t checked out the BobbledyBooks site yet. Is there an option to just buy a book as a gift? And maybe a crayon? You are making me do math again for this, so you know I’m a qualified lead.
Never mind. I did find time to check out the Bobbledy site, and there is good news! You CAN just buy a book and/or crayon. I’m definitely doing this when the next round of bdays come up. I hope I can shame my brothers and sisters into subscriptions for their brood. Math again.
Michele,
Ah, thanks for doing your own research and sorry that we didn’t get back to you sooner. Bobbledy has been received with such enthusiasm that we were unprepared for the task of keeping up with it all. But YES, you can definitely order individual books and crayons. And as we march on, there will be more books, possibly more kinds of things to draw with, and maybe even shirts. We will see. Baby steps. Sorry about the math. But we think that, at some level, it’s probably good for you.
And Maggie: I see I’ve neglected you as well. For age range, we’re thinking the books themselves will be best for 3-7 year-olds, but that older kids will enjoy completing the unfinished book and responding to weekly drawing prompts on the Bobbledy Blog. And the entire family, toddlers to grandparents, should enjoy Drew’s album. The music will be fun for kids and the lyrics are fun and clever enough to amuse anyone. Thanks for your interest!