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Image: Carousel Horses: A Photographic Celebration | Hardcover: 176 pages | by Sherrell S. Anderson (Author). Publisher: Courage Books; 1st Edition edition (September 1, 2000)
Carousel Horses
May 17th is... First Merry-Go-Round Built, National Cherry Cobbler Day, National Mushroom Hunting Day, National Pack Rat Day, Pinot Grigio Day, National Walnut Day, World Recycling Day, World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day/World NF Awareness Day, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day/World Information Society Day/World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day, International Child Helpline Day, Sue the Tyrannosaurus Rex Exhibit Opened (2000), First Kentucky Derby (1875), National Graduation Tassel Day, National Pinkfix Day, National Emo Day for Women, Same-Sex Marriage Day, International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia Transphobia/International Day Against Homophobia/International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Norway's Constitution Day/Norwegian Constitution Days/Syttende Mai (Norway), National Curves Day (Illinois)

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Image: Art of the Carousel, 1st Edition | Hardcover: 223 pages | by Charlotte Dinger (Author), Betty-May Smith (Editor), Richard C. Carter (Photographer), William Manns (Designer). Publisher: Carousel Art; 1st edition (June 1, 1984)First Merry-Go-Round Built
-- The earliest known depiction of a carousel is in a Byzantine bas-relief dating to around 500 A.D., which depicts riders in baskets suspended from a central pole. The first carousel to be seen in the United States was created in Hessville, Ohio, located approximately 25 miles from Toledo, Ohio, on U.S. Route 20 during the 1840s by Franz Wiesenhoffer. The first steam-powered mechanical roundabout, invented by Thomas Bradshaw, appeared at the Aylsham Fair in about 1861.

Read: Art of the Carousel
-- Accompanied by over 400 color photographs, a guide to the art of the carousel, or merry-go-round, traces its development by describing style variations and identifiable features of carousel animals.

Vintage Carousel Wall Art
-- High-definition modern canvas printing artwork, photo printed on high-quality canvas with vivid colors. Perfect contemporary art paintings for bedroom, living room, kitchen, office, hotel, guest room, dining room, bathroom, bar, etc. The gallery canvas print is already perfectly wrapped and stretched with a wooden frame on the back. It comes with hooks for easy hanging.

Merry-Go-Round HO Scale Building Kit
-- Scale building kit or scenery item, not a toy. Designed for model builders and collectors. Highly detailed plastic. Scale models for use in dioramas or model railway layouts. It may require assembly.

🎠 Merry-Go-Round Coloring and Activity Books


Image: Horses in Motion: History of Carousels in Monroe County, NY and Beyond | Kindle Edition | by Linda M. Bartash (Author). Publisher: Penman Publishing, Inc. (August 17, 2013)
Horses in Motion:
History of Carousels

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Carousel Cake Recipes:

🎠 Carousel Cake | Rose Bakes

🎠 The Carousel - Yeners Way




Image: Best Cobblers and Crisps Ever: No-Fail Recipes for Rustic Fruit Desserts (Best Ever) | Paperback: 128 pages | by Monica Sweeney (Author). Publisher: Countryman Press; 1 edition (July 26, 2016)
Best Cobblers
and Crisps Ever

Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities, and Crafts:

🎠 Merry-Go-Round Colouring Pages

🎠 How To Make A Toy Merry-Go-Round

🎠 Make a Miniature Merry-Go-Round

🎠 Amusement Park (Merry-go-round)

🎠 Gingerbread Merry-Go-Round Recipe

🎠 Merry Go Round Coloring Page | Woo! Jr. Kids Activities

🎠 Lego Merry-Go-Round - A Sample Activity from Simple Machines

🎠 How to Make Wind-Up Moving Cardboard Carousels or Merry-Go-Rounds

🎠 Spinning Carousel Centerpiece - Oh Happy Day!

🎠 Carousel in Pink: Free Party Printables

🎠 From Kit to Carousel - Paper Source Blog

🎠 Make an Origami Carousel

🎠 Carousel Coloring Pages

🎠 DIY Circus Carousel Party Centerpiece

🎠 Printable French cirque carousel with sweet, tiny little circus performers and horses

🎠 Make a Carousel Cake

🎠 A Carousel Box That Really Spins
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Image: The Life and Love of Trees | Hardcover: 200 pages | by Lewis Blackwell (Author). Publisher: PQ Blackwell / Chronicle Books; 1st Edition edition (October 14, 2009)
The Life and Love of Trees
May 16th is... National Love a Tree Day, Biographer's Day, National Coquilles St. Jacques Day, National Mimosa Day, National Sea Monkey Day, National Piercing Day, National Wear Purple for Peace Day, Honor Our LGBT Elders Day, International Day of Light, National Barbecue Day/National BBQ Day, International Day of Living Together in Peace, Drawing Day, Romani Resistance Day, National Do Something Good For Your Neighbor Day, Nickel Day, HAE Day/Hereditary AngioEdema Awareness Day, International Celiac Awareness Day, First Envelope Made (1845), First U.S. Nickel Minted (1866), First Woman to Climb Mount Everest (1975), National Horse Rescue Day (Australia), Mass Graves Day (Iraq), St Honore's Day/St. Honoratus' Day, St. Brendan's Voyage Day

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Image: The Hidden Life of Trees: The Illustrated Edition | Hardcover: 176 pages | by Peter Wohlleben (Author), Jane Billinghurst (Translator). Publisher: Greystone Books (August 28, 2018)National Love a Tree Day
-- On this day, trees are celebrated and recognized for the wonderful gift they are to us. So get out there and wrap your arms around your favorite tree, then give it a drink. Watering a tree means soaking the root system. It takes time and patience, but the result of a regular root soaking will make a world of difference to a tree's long-term health.

Read: The Hidden Life of Trees: The Illustrated Edition
-- With compelling selections and stunning, large-format photographs of trees worldwide, this gorgeous volume distills the essence of Peter Wohlleben's message to show trees in all their glory and diversity. Through rich language highlighting the interconnectedness of forest ecosystems, the book offers fascinating insights about the fungal communication highway known as the Wood Wide Web, the difficult life lessons learned in tree school, the hard-working natural cleanup crews who recycle dying trees, and much more. Beautiful images complement Wohlleben's words, with striking close-ups of bark and seeds, panoramas of vast expanses of green, and a unique look at what is believed to be the oldest tree on the planet.

Image: Japanese Red Maple Tree - Live Plant Shipped 1 Foot Tall by DAS FarmsJapanese Red Maple Tree
-- The Japanese Maple is one of the most sought-after specimen trees in today's landscape. Its beautiful summer colors and ornamental structure are what give it renowned popularity throughout the world. There are many different cultivars of Japanese Maples, but the most common and easiest to grow is the Red Japanese Maple, grown from seed. These hardy trees grow much faster than their semi-dwarf and dwarf relatives, immediately adding a centerpiece specimen to your landscape. Ideally, provide ample shade for the first summer.

Image: The Giving Tree with CD | Hardcover: 64 pages | by Shel Silverstein (Author, Illustrator). Publisher: HarperCollins; Anniversary Edition edition (March 2004)The Giving Tree - 40th Anniversary Edition
-- Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein's poignant picture book for readers of all ages has offered a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.

🌳 Trees Coloring and Activity Books


Image: Who Will Plant a Tree? | Kindle Edition | by Jerry Pallotta (Author), Tom Leonard (Illustrator). Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press (October 22, 2010)
Who Will Plant a Tree?

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Tree Recipes:

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🌳 Chocolate Christmas Trees

🌳 Make this gingerbread Christmas tree the star of your festive celebration

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🌳 Trees Theme - Lesson Plans, Thematic Units, Printables, Worksheets

🌳 Tree Templates and Coloring Pages

🌳 Free printable tree trunk templates

🌳 Apple Tree Coloring Page Free Printable

🌳 Trees Colouring Pages

🌳 Autumn Tree Craft

🌳 Arbor Day Crafts | EnchantedLearning.com

🌳 7 Free Family Tree Printables - Burlap and Blue

🌳 Tree Templates | Tree Printables – Tim's Printables

🌳 Free Tree Printables and Worksheets

🌳 Free Printables: Children's Wish Tree Planting Certificates

🌳 Free Fall Printables - Taryn Whiteaker

🌳 Parts of a Tree Picture Word Cards

🌳 Free Printable Tree Coloring Pages

🌳 Tree Digital Games and Resources

🌳 omeroomMom.com shamrock tree printable - PTO Today

🌳 Printable Bookmarks – Squirrels racing up a tree

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Image: Chocolate Chip Cookies, by Petra/Pezibear on Pixabay
Image: 101 Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies | Paperback: 144 pages | by Gwen W. Steege (Author), Gwen Steege (Author). Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (September 13, 2000)
101 Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
May 15th is... National Chocolate Chip Day (1937), Bring Flowers to Someone Day, HG Awareness Day/Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day, International Conscientious Objectors Day, International MPS Awareness Day/International Mucopolysaccharidoses Awareness Day, International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, National Safety Dose Day, Straw Hat Day, National Tuberous Sclerosis Day, Nylon Stockings Day (1940), Peace Officers Memorial Day/Police Officer's Memorial Day, International Men Can Wear Dresses Day, VBF Day of Awareness/Vascular Birthmark Foundation Day of Awareness, National Slider Day, Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever Bought No Matter What It Was No Excuses Day, Nakba Day, International Water Safety Day, International Day of Families (UN), San Isidro Day (Mexico), Aoi Matsuri/Hollyhock Festival (Japan), Law Enforcement Memorial Day (Florida), St. Dympna's Day

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Image: Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes | Paperback: 64 pages | by Kitchen Kreations (Author). Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 24, 2012)National Chocolate Chip Day (1937)
-- In 1937, Ruth Graves Wakefield of Whitman, Massachusetts, thought of adding a little chocolate to her cookies. As a baker at the Toll House Inn, she added cut-up chunks of semi-sweet Nestle chocolate bar to her cookie recipe. The resulting cookies were a huge success! In 1939, Wakefield signed an agreement with Nestle to include her recipe on the chocolate bar's packaging.

Read: Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
- Few things in life can compare to the taste of warm, soft, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate chip cookies. Just the thought gives many of us visions of when we would come home from school, and mom would take a fresh batch of cookies out of the oven. Can you remember how you couldn't wait for them to cool before eating that first one?

Image: Ghirardelli Baking Chips, Semi Sweet Chocolate, 12 ozGhirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
-- Deep-roasted for a rich chocolate taste. The Ghirardelli Premium Baking Chocolate line continues the chocolate tradition established by Ghirardelli's legendary chocolate confections. They begin by carefully roasting the finest hand-selected cocoa beans worldwide. They add pure ingredients like natural vanilla, then blend the chocolate for hours. The result is Ghirardelli's deep, rich, five-star chocolate taste in these distinctive Semi-Sweet chocolate baking chips. With Ghirardelli's signature five-star chocolate taste, your desserts will redefine chocolate indulgence.

Image: Mini Round Silicone Molds, 148 Cavities Semi Sphere Chocolate Candy Mold for Baking and Freezing Chocolate Chip/Gumdrop/Cookie/Dog Treat/Cake Decor/Fruit Snack (with a Scraper)Chocolate Chip Silicone Mold
-- You'll be able to make more chocolate chips at once by pouring the chocolate evenly over the silicone mold, smoothing it out with a spatula, and placing it in the oven or freezer. With these molds for chocolate and pink food-grade scraper, even a novice can easily make chocolate, candy, dog treats, desserts, or whatever you like.
This mold can be used for round dog and cat treats, snacks, or sweets such as biscuits, chocolate chips, candy, gummy bears, cookies, and jelly. It can also be used to make small desserts to decorate cakes. It is very suitable for making healthy foods for children or pets. What is more, you can use it as a resin mold, an ice cube mold, a soap mold, and so on.

🍪 Chocolate Coloring and Activity Books


Image: asy Chocolate Recipes: Chocolate Lovers' Cookbook - Over 40 Chocolate Theme Recipes for Snacks, Desserts, Breads, Pies, Cakes and More (Bakery Cooking Series Book 5) | Kindle Edition | by Debbie Madson (Author). Publication Date: April 8, 2019
Easy Chocolate Recipes

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Chocolate Chip Recipes:

🍪 Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe - Allrecipes.com

🍪 Wicked Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe - Food.com

🍪 Chocolate Chip Toffee Squares | Canadian Goodness

🍪 Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf | Canadian Living

🍪 Chocolate Chip Pancakes | Canadian Living

🍪 Recipe: Pumpkin chocolate chip blondies | Style at Home

🍪 Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cheesecake | Duncan Hines Canada®

🍪 Banana Chocolate Chip Waffle Cones



Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities, and Crafts:

🍪 Cookie Jar Number Matching Free Printable

🍪 The Chocolate Chip Ghost Story

🍪 The Chocolate Chip Ghost - 2019 - The Budget SLP

🍪 Teacher Appreciation | Jar of Chocolate Chip Cookie Printables

🍪 Cookie Counting Games - The Stem Laboratory

🍪 One Smart Cookie Party Favor Sticker Printables

🍪 Thankful Cookies in a Jar - Mason Jar Cookies

🍪 Printable Cookie Jar and Chocolate Chip Cookies

🍪 Chocolate Chip Diagraph Game

🍪 Chocolate Chip Printables and Worksheets

🍪 Printable Chocolate Chip Cookie Bags

🍪 Chocolate Chip Checkers Game | Free Printable

🍪 The Chocolate Chip Ghost Story

🍪 Teacher Appreciation Printable

🍪 Chocolate Fractions Pack

🍪 The Chocolate Chip Ghost Printable

🍪 Chocolate Printables

🍪 Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Letterhead
Image: Chicken dance 01 - Ballard Seafood Fest 2007 on Wikipedia
Image: The Chicken Dance | Hardcover: 326 pages | by Jacques Couvillon (Author). Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens; First edition (August 21, 2007)
The Chicken Dance
May 14th is... National Chicken Dance Day/Dance Like a Chicken Day, The Stars and Stripes Forever first played (1897), International Dylan Thomas Day/Dylan Day, National Buttermilk Biscuit Day, National Underground America Day (1974), Yellow Day/Rose Day, Apraxia Awareness Day, National Unification Day, National Decency Day, International Chihuahua Appreciation Day, National Brioche Day, National Good Hair Day, Anniversary of Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804), Madonna of the Mountain Festival/Barabbata, National ODP Day (UK), St. Matthias' Day

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Image: Chicken Dance | Hardcover: 40 pages | by Tammi Sauer (Author), Dan Santat (Illustrator). Publisher: Sterling (August 1, 2009)National Chicken Dance Day/Dance Like a Chicken Day
-- Swiss accordion player Werner Thomas wrote Der Ententanz, or the Duck Dance, in the 1950s. When he played the song at a restaurant in Switzerland in 1963, people would get up and dance to the melody. Their movements reminded him of ducks and chickens. A music publisher happened to stop by the restaurant, and the song spread throughout Europe. While it took quite a while to catch on in America, the upbeat melody eventually hit the party and wedding scene, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Read: Chicken Dance
-- Meet Marge and Lola, chickens on a mission: to win tickets for the Elvis Poultry Show! But their toughest competition — a pack of menacing ducks — sneers that all a chicken can do is bawk, flap, and shake. Can our two feisty chicks show those quackers how to rock ’n’ roll the barnyard? Tammi Sauer and Dan Santat have whipped up a giddy, goofy romp where cows fly over the moon, ducks surf in a water trough, and one very familiar-looking rooster gets all shook up!

Image: Philadelphia Chickens: A Too-Illogical Zoological Musical Revue | Hardcover: 64 pages | by Sandra Boynton (Author), Michael Ford (Collaborator). Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (October 14, 2002)Philadelphia Chickens: A Too-Illogical Zoological Musical Revue
--Grammy nominee. #1 New York Times bestseller. And, with 1 million copies in print, a Recording Industry Association of America Platinum album. What an event! What a show! It's Philadelphia Chickens — the catchy and quirky, tuneful and toe-tapping, exuberant, unexpected, and totally endearing family-musical-in-a-book.

Image: Pink stars Kids Electric Plush Cock Interactive pet Toy | Crazy Chicken Music Hip Hop Dancing Walking Toys | Christmas Birthday Party Gift for Boy Girl (Orange)Plush Dancing Chicken
-- Chicken will sing and dance, stimulating kids' imitation and imagination. Stimulate kids' movement and muscle development when imitating chicken dance. Suitable for 36 months and up. Humorous, vivid, and funny, this chicken will struggle and yell when caught by his neck. Made with plush fabric and plastic.

🐔 Chicken Coloring and Activity Books


Image: The Chicken Dance | May 22, 2015 | Sold by Amazon Digital Services LLC
The Chicken Dance

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🐔 Free Alexa Skills | Chicken Dance



Chicken Dance Recipes:

🐔 Chicken Dance Recipe - Spark Recipes - SparkPeople

🐔 Beer Can Chicken (Dancing Chicken)

🐔 Disco Chicken (AKA maple rum chicken)



Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities, and Crafts:

🐔 Chicken Colouring Pages

🐔 Chicken Activities and Crafts

🐔 Chicken Mask

🐔 Chicken dot-to-dot printable worksheets

🐔 In this Kitchen, We Dance {Free Cut File and Printable}

🐔 Little Chicken Bean Bags Sewing Pattern (Video)

🐔 Dance like a chicken and get the kids moving

🐔 Make Handprint Chickens to Dance Around With

🐔 Printable Chicken Mask

🐔 Handprint Chicken Craft

🐔 Chickens (Hens and Roosters) Crafts and Activities

🐔 Steampunk Riders Chicken Hop Maze

🐔 Geometric chicken craft

🐔 Chicken Dot to Dot printable worksheets

🐔 How to Throw a Chicken Party for Kids

🐔 Chicken-kids-craft-barnyard-dance-square

🐔 March 19th Special Days - Featuring Poultry Freebies!
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Image: The Golden Spike | Paperback: 234 pages | by Robert O'Brien (Author). Publisher: lulu.com (March 9, 2020)
The Golden Spike
May 10th is... Golden Spike Day (1869), National Lipid Day, National Clean Your Room Day, Trust Your Intuition Day, National Shrimp Day, National Liver and Onions Day, National Small Business Day, World Lupus Day, Mother Ocean Day, Dia De La Madre, National Hampster Day, Move for Health Day, International Monty Python Status Day, National Cactus Day, Whacking Day, Stay Up All Night Night, Bad Breath Day (UK), St. Damien of Molokai Feast Day

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Image: The Golden Spike (Captured History) | Kindle Edition | by Don Nardo (Author). Publisher: Compass Point Books (February 1, 2015)Golden Spike Day (1869)
-- Today marks the anniversary of the creation of the nation's first transcontinental railroad. The Golden Spike (aka The Last Spike) is the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory.

Read: The Golden Spike
-- In the mid-1860s, as the Union Pacific Railroad headed westward from Nebraska, another company, the Central Pacific, pushed eastward from California. They aimed to meet somewhere in between, forming a single railway line to bridge the continent. That historic meeting occurred in May 1869 in northern Utah, and photographer Andrew J. Russell was there to document the historic event. His work resulted in one of the most important photos of the 19th century and probably the most famous railroad image of all time. The photo, often called East and West, was viewed by a worldwide audience and affirmed railroads were at the cutting edge of transportation technology.

Image: Ten Mile Day: And the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad | Paperback: 40 pages | by Mary Ann Fraser (Author, Illustrator). Publisher: Square Fish; 2/14/96 edition (March 15, 1996)
Ten Mile Day
-- On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West -- the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.

Image: DS Decor Photos Quality Digital Print of a Vintage Photograph - East Meets West - The 'Golden Spike' Ceremony, Promentory Summit, Utah May 10, 1869. Black and White 11x14 inches - Matte Finish
The Golden Spike Ceremony
-- Quality digital reproduction of a vintage photograph from the DS Decor collection. East Meets West - the Golden Spike ceremony, Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869. Printed with only quality Epson inks on Ultra Premium Matte Presentation Paper. This photo will last a lifetime without fading. Available in black and white or sepia tone and in three sizes.

🚂 Train Coloring and Activity Books


Image: Duty Bound on the Union Pacific: One Man's Story of Building Lincoln's Transcontinental Railroad | Kindle Edition | by Lawson McDowell (Author). Publisher: RAWR Publishing Co. (March 25, 2014)
Duty Bound on
the Union Pacific

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Train Recipes:

🚂 Christmas Candy Train Recipe | Taste of Home

🚂 Cheese and celery train

🚂 Choo-choo train birthday cake

🚂 Lamington Train | Recipes.com.au

🚂 Little Pound Cake Train Recipe

🚂 Gingerbread Train Cars

🚂 Tiny Teddies on Trains recipe - Kidspot



Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities, and Crafts:

🚂 Golden Spike Coloring Page

🚂 Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad

🚂 Take the Junior Engineer challenge and begin your adventure today

🚂 26 Best Train Coloring Pages

🚂 Free Union Pacific Coloring Book

🚂 The Great Race to Promontory

🚂 Standard Time: Telling Time on the Railroad

🚂 Operation Lifesaver's activities for kids

🚂 Track Record Fun

🚂 Train Worksheets, Activities, and Crafts

🚂 The Transcontinental Railroad

🚂 Train Printable Worksheets

🚂 First Shapes with Printable Train Tracks

🚂 Train Printables and Activities

🚂 Train Ideas and Printables

🚂 Trains Coloring Book

🚂 Train Printables | Word Search Crossword Puzzle, and more


Image: We Were There at the Driving of the Golden Spike | Paperback: 192 pages | by David Shepherd (Author), William K. Plummer (Author). Publisher: Dover Publications; Reprint edition (November 21, 2013)
We Were There at the
Driving of the Golden Spike

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🚂 February 21st Special Days - Featuring Steam Locomotive Freebies!

🚂 April 21st Special Days - Featuring Railroad Freebies!

🚂 September 20th Special Days - Featuring Railroad Freebies!
Image: Lost Sock, by Petra on Pixabay

Image: The Sock Fairy: A Humorous and Magical Explanation for Missing Socks (Best Fairy) | Paperback: 36 pages | by Bobbie Hinman (Author), Kristi Bridgeman (Illustrator). Publisher: Best Fairy Books (January 6, 2020)
The Sock Fairy
May 9th is... National Lost Sock Memorial Day, Hurray for Buttons Day/Hooray for Buttons Day, National Butterscotch Brownie Day, National Foodies Day, National Moscato Day, National Sleepover Day, Tear the Tags Off the Mattress Day, Hurray for Buttons Day, Peter Pan Day, Harriet Lane's Birthday (1830), Piccolo Day, Europe Day/Schuman Day, Lemuria/Lemuralia, Dianetics Anniversary Day (Scientology)

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Image: Lost Socks: Where do You think they go? | Hardcover: 14 pages | by Keith Faulkner (Author), Hannah Wood (Illustrator). Publisher: Brighter Minds Children's Publishing (September 30, 2005)
Lost Socks
National Lost Sock Memorial Day
-- Some things can't be explained, no matter how hard we try. Folding the laundry, and one of the socks is missing. People worldwide stop for a moment of silence each year for all those missing socks.

Read: Lost Socks: Where do You think they go?
-- When their mother complains about all the lost socks, Max and his brother devise fantastical reasons for missing them.

Image: MyGift Wall Mounted Country Rustic Wooden Lost Sock Sign with 5 Clothes Pins | The fun quote 'Single...Ready to Mingle' is perfectly painted to help corral lost socks
Wooden Lost Sock Sign
Rustic Wooden Lost Sock Sign
-- The fun quote Single...Ready to Mingle is perfectly painted to help corral lost socks. Five clothespins let you hang single missing socks while they await the discovery of their match. Durable wooden sign with a distressed whitewash finish for a vintage-inspired design.

Image: Preferred Crafts Lost Socks Laundry Room Sign Seeking Solemates Decor
Laundry Room Sign
Lost Socks Seeking Sole Mate
-- Perfect to hang in the laundry room! Just hang those single socks up until the match is found. Now everyone in the family will know where to find that missing sock! This large sign measures 8x14. It is handmade and has been carefully sanded, painted, and stained in my own unique process to give it that worn, aged look we all love!

🧦 Socks Coloring and Activity Books




Image: Land of the Lost Socks | Kindle Edition | by Neaira Williams (Author), Fuuji Takashi (Illustrator). Publisher: Neaira Williams (August 24, 2019)
Land Of The Lost Socks

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Image: Make Your Own Stupid Sock Creatures | Paperback: 48 pages | by John Murphy (Author). Publisher: Lark Books (January 1, 2009)
Make Your Own Stupid
Sock Creatures

Sock Crafts:

🧦 Lost Sock Bear - Project of the Month - February

🧦 Sock Puppet from a Lost Sock - 30 Minute Crafts

🧦 SOCK CRAFTS FOR KIDS - Ideas for Cool Arts and Crafts Projects with Socks

🧦 Things You Can Make With 1 Lonely Sock

🧦 Sewing for Kids | Sock Monsters

🧦 5 Diy Fun Sock Animals

🧦 Free Knitting Pattern: Easy Peasy Socks!

🧦 Toe-Tally Easy Crochet Socks: Free Unisex Crochet Pattern




Image: The Land Of Lost Socks | Kindle Edition | by David Pyke (Author), David Link (Illustrator). Publication Date: June 8, 2012
The Land Of Lost Socks

Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities, and Crafts:

🧦 Scientists Reveal Why Socks Go Missing in the Wash and How Likely it is to Happen

🧦 There's a secret compartment in your dryer which eats your lost socks

🧦 Organizing Tip: The Missing Sock - Shutterbean

🧦 DIY Laundry Room Sign And Missing Sock Holder

🧦 Tips For Laundry Day And Easy To Make DIY Lost Sock Holder

🧦 National Lost Sock Memorial Day

🧦 DIY Laundry Room Sign (Lost + Found) - Burlap and Blue

🧦 How to Make No-Sew Sock Worms

🧦 How to make a tube sock snowman craft

🧦 Sock Elephant - Free Sewing Pattern and Tutorial | Craft Passion

🧦 Colorful Sock Matching File Folder Game

🧦 Printable Valentine Sock Gift Wrapper for Kids

🧦 Punny Printable Sock Labels for Valentine's Day

🧦 Mistletoe gift ideas–free printables

🧦 Grandpa's Missing Socks - Super Teacher Worksheets

🧦 Wine and Whine Gift with Sock Gift-Wrapping and Printable

🧦 Superhero Sock Puppets

🧦 No-Sew Sock Caterpillar

🧦 Lost Socks Bin

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