Books and magazines

Madlibs were ______ (adjective) booklets sold in _______ (noun pl) near the _______ (noun) rack. Imagine a whole book of Fill In the Blank on newsprint and add rudimentary illustrations. Used them quite a lot at home when I ...

Magic Eye Patterns were pretty much a page of random patterns that looked like static on the TV. However, if you looked at them the right way (or lied) you could see a 3D picture. The patterns were found in ...

Magic Painting Books were for those of us who couldn't paint for toffee. All you needed was a pot of water and a paint brush. Apply water via paint brush to page and hey presto the picture was coloured. Just ...

This book created possibly the most popular treasure-hunt ever organized, many people will remember it gripping the nation's enthusiasm and imagination from the end of the '70s to 1982.It took the form of a beautifully written and illustrated book launched ...

Had every Issue from 1968 to about '72 or so when sadly publication ceased.It was the best hobby magazine, and a fantastic source of information and ideas, not just Meccano but railways, aero modelling, war gaming - the variety was ...

This was around in the late-80s and 90s, and acted as a guide to living for young ladies of the time. It was a precursor for the Elle and Marie Claire of today, and was in fact published by the ...

Misty was a comic-type magazine for girls with the horror twist in them. The comic only ran for a short time from 1978 to 1980. The style of the Misty comics were very different to any of the others around ...

The Mr Men and Little Miss characters are surely part of one of the most recognisable children’s brands across the world. It’s fairly well known that they came about after a question that six year old Adam asked his father: ...

My Guy was the first (that I remember) magazine which used photos for their stories. I even remember the first story. It went like this: There were three girls who were all in a relationship and somehow all had a wish ...