Celebrate the Century: 1950s
January 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023
Title: Family Fun, Suburbia, and Nuclear Threats.
Date of issue: 26 May 1999.
Denomination: 33¢
No of stamps in sheet: 15
1. Polio vaccine
▶️ Read a book where a person gets vaccinated OR whose author's initials can be found in JONAS SALK.
Plains of Passage - Jean Auel (Crown - Sept 1990) - Jan 13
2. Teen Fashion
▶️ Read a book with a teen in the story OR with socks and shoes showed prominently on the cover. Show cover.
Ex. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
▶️ Read a book with a teen in the story OR with socks and shoes showed prominently on the cover. Show cover.
Ex. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Bookstore's Secret - Makenna Lee (HSE #2956 - Jan 2023) (teenager) - Jan 3
3. 1951 National League
▶️ Read a book with a character that plays baseball OR set in Boston MA, New York City, Chicago IL, Cincinnati OH, Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA or St. Louis, MO.
▶️ Read a book with a character that plays baseball OR set in Boston MA, New York City, Chicago IL, Cincinnati OH, Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA or St. Louis, MO.
The Valentine's Do-Over - Michelle Lindo-Rice (HSE #2962 - Feb 2023) (New York City) - Jan 23
4. Explorer I
▶️ Read a book tagged Sci-Fi OR with an eight-letter word in the title OR the Number 1 (not spelled out) in the title.
▶️ Read a book tagged Sci-Fi OR with an eight-letter word in the title OR the Number 1 (not spelled out) in the title.
Close Call in Colorado - Cindi Myers (HI #2123 - Feb 2023) (8 letter - Colorado) - Jan 11
5. Korean War
▶️ Read a book with a tag or genre WAR OR with snow on the cover. Show cover.
▶️ Read a book with a tag or genre WAR OR with snow on the cover. Show cover.
Mountain Terror - Cindi Myers (HI #2117 - Jan 2023) (snow) - Jan 7
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6. Desegregating public schools
▶️ Read a book with a black character OR set in Kansas.
6. Desegregating public schools
▶️ Read a book with a black character OR set in Kansas.
Captured on Kauai - R. Barri Flowers (HI #2101 - Oct 2022) (black character) - Jan 24
7. Car tailfin
▶️ Read a book with a car that has a tailfin on the cover - Show cover - OR whose title begins with a letter in TAILFIN - all words count.
▶️ Read a book with a car that has a tailfin on the cover - Show cover - OR whose title begins with a letter in TAILFIN - all words count.
In Her Highlander's Bed - Lynsay Sands (Avon - Jan 2023) - Jan 14
8. The Cat in the Hat
▶️ Read The Cat in the Hat OR a book with red and white stripes somewhere on the cover. Show cover.
▶️ Read The Cat in the Hat OR a book with red and white stripes somewhere on the cover. Show cover.
Three Woofs for the Dead, White and Blue - Laura Quinn (Laura Quinn - June 2019) (stripes) - Jan 19
3rd row:
9. Drive-in theater
▶️ Read a book where a character goes to the drive-in OR set in New Mexico, Texas or New Jersey.
9. Drive-in theater
▶️ Read a book where a character goes to the drive-in OR set in New Mexico, Texas or New Jersey.
Lawman to the Core - Delores Fossen (HI #2115 - Jan 2023) (Texas) - Jan 3
10. New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers 1949 - 1956
▶️ Read a book where a character is a Yankee or Dodger fan (baseball) OR with 2 of the following numbers in the page count: 1, 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 9.
▶️ Read a book where a character is a Yankee or Dodger fan (baseball) OR with 2 of the following numbers in the page count: 1, 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 9.
Spurred to Justice - Delores Fossen (HI #2121 - Feb 2023) (256 pgs) - Jan 20
4th row:
11. Rocky Marciano
▶️ Read a book where a character is a boxer OR where a character dies in a plane crash OR where a character has a nickname. Tell us the nickname.
11. Rocky Marciano
▶️ Read a book where a character is a boxer OR where a character dies in a plane crash OR where a character has a nickname. Tell us the nickname.
The Backup Plan - Jill Shalvis (Avon - Jan 2023) (Tumbleweed) - Jan 10
12. I Love Lucy
▶️ Read a book with a character named Lucy OR tagged HUMOR.
▶️ Read a book with a character named Lucy OR tagged HUMOR.
The Devine Doughnut Shop - Carolyn Brown (Montlake - Feb 2023) (Lucy) - Feb 15
13. Rock and roll
▶️ Read a book with a musician in the story OR with a microphone, guitar or drums on the cover. Show cover.
▶️ Read a book with a musician in the story OR with a microphone, guitar or drums on the cover. Show cover.
Irish Knit Murder - Peggy Ehrhart (Kensington - Feb 2023) (singer) - Feb 21
14. Daytona 500
▶️ Read a book where a character is a race car driver OR published in February of any year since 1959.
▶️ Read a book where a character is a race car driver OR published in February of any year since 1959.
Her Secret Amish Past - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1012 - Feb 2023) - Jan 12
15. 3-D movies
▶️ Read a book with numbers and letters in the title OR with a person wearing glasses on the cover. Show cover.
▶️ Read a book with numbers and letters in the title OR with a person wearing glasses on the cover. Show cover.
Falling for His Fake Girlfriend - Shannon Stacey (HSE #2955 - Jan 2023) (glasses) - Jan 7
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16. Family in front of a television set.
▶️ Read a book where a family watches TV together OR from the Genre: Family.
▶️ Read a book where a family watches TV together OR from the Genre: Family.
Killer in the Heartland - Carla Cassidy (HRS #2204 - Nov 2022) (watch TV) - Jan 25
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