Product Description
by Dee Lindner (Author)
"Sock Monkeys and You On Your Sockpendous Day," by Dee Lindner, is for little or big boys alike When a single greeting card of celebration just won't do as a sole-felt sentiment for a birthday, promotion, graduation, retirement, or other special occasion, this cute & collectible keepsake book is the answer Who doesn't know of sock monkeys? America's red-heel sock monkeys, born from the folds of every day work socks from as early as the 1930s, have graced our lives for decades. They have heard our secrets for generations and have been recipients of our tears in times of happiness and sorrow, making them perfect to share in life's celebrations.The humor of our unique, flamboyant soft-sculptured friends-with their bright red grins, gangly limbs, and long tails-comes to life with sole-felt insights and endearing photographic images from the Sock Monkey Lady's portfolio. Each page, highlighting fun phrases with photographs of socktastic sock monkeys parodying life, sends a sentimental message-sock monkey style The pages of "Sock Monkeys and You On Your Sockpendous Day" flow like one big greeting card without the envelope
Author Biography
Artist and award winning photographer, Dee Lindner, has had her sock money-themed work featured on radio, television, in magazines, and newspapers across the U.S.A. Novelty products based on her action-oriented photographs of sock monkeys have been published by Andrews McMeel, Bradford Checks, Ltd., Galison, Peaceable Kingdom, and Peter Pauper Press, and sold throughout the world. She has written articles about collectibles and other items for magazines such as Country Collectible, Country Victorian, and Cappers. She has appeared on the cover of Country Woman Magazine, wherein she shared her 'socktastic' story. Dee Lindner promotes the Red-heel Sock Monkey Tradition through her work. She has authored a number of sock monkey-themed books: Monkey Love; Friends Knock Your Socks Off; Sew Cute and Collectible Sock Monkeys; Sock Monkeys: Coloring Book; Sock Monkeys: Summer Fun Coloring Book; Sock Monkeys: America's Love Story; Sock Monkeys: Thready Wisdom, Sock Monkeys and You On Your Socksational Day, and Sock Monkeys and You on Your Sockpendous Day. Dee invites everyone to join in the fun of the Red-heel Sock Monkey Tradition and encourages one-and-all to create magical monkey moments of their own. "Going, Going, Gone!" is a cozy mystery book-with a sock monkey moment in it- Dee has co-written under the shared pseudonym A. N. Charles with her husband, Gary. This work is the first book in the Nikki Carson auction series.
