I'm trying to locate elementary reading textbooks from the late 70s early 80s. All I have to go on is that the first grade text was a 3 parter and the first two parts were Footprints and Carousel and were in paperback format. Later grades had the heavy textbook type in a monochrome cover and one was called Melody( I think this was the third grade text) and was either teal or violet. The other books in that series also had a one word title and a monchrome color scheme for the covers. [more inside]
posted by asockpuppet on Nov 11, 2009 - 2 answers

When, exactly, did Halloween become so frickin' popular? [more inside]
posted by Diablevert on Oct 13, 2009 - 26 answers

Looking for a circa late 70's early 80's Children's Picture Book with faceless nuns. Hoping someone in the MeFi shared my same crazed childhood where aunts gave books for Christmas every.year [more inside]
posted by will wait 4 tanjents on Sep 22, 2009 - 4 answers

Music suggestions, please? I'm putting together the slideshow for my family's biennial reunion. For the last 20 years the music has been very Big Chill, since it's put together by the generation preceding mine. People are usually weeping by the end. [more inside]
posted by cocoagirl on Jul 5, 2009 - 14 answers

Name that Apple //e edutainment software (Troll gems? Driving? Townhouses? Looking stuff up?) [more inside]
posted by Your Time Machine Sucks on Dec 12, 2007 - 11 answers