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Books · The Same Old Detroit Book Club

Stories worth keeping.

A little Detroit to carry with you, wherever home is now.

Pop front coverOpe front coverRah Rah Rah front cover
The Starter Set

Pop, Ope, Rah Rah Rah!

Three words Detroit says without thinking, made into three square board books.

$39.95 with free shipping. Ships by December 15.

Send a little Detroit

Every set you buy puts another one on a shelf in Detroit.

Or one at a time

The Starter Set · A look inside

It starts with a word.

Pick a story. Take a look inside.

Pop open to It gets away. The coney sails off the bun and Barry gives chase.

Pop

Meet the story
Inside Ope: Just squeezing through… OPE! The coney flies away. A firework goes POP! while Barry follows the coney.

Ope

Meet the story
Tiptoe, tiptoe past sleeping Barry. POP! goes the squeaky chicken. Ope. RAH! RAH! RAH!

All three

Meet the story

Illustrated previews. Final printed details may vary.

Season One · Book 01 · A look inside

There’s more to the story.

A whole city of stories, and a few pages to begin with.

Inside I Want a Parade: I see it in the Thanksgiving parade. The biggest parade. But... the only parade for me.

The biggest parade

I Want a Parade manuscript spread: Pops! Opes! Rah Rah Rahs! As far as the eyes can see. An overhead parade fills the avenue.

As far as the eyes can see

Inside I Want a Parade, December's book. Illustrated previews; final printed details may vary.

I Want a Parade, approved Clay front cover.
Season One · December to May

Something in the mailbox until May.

$99 for six stories. Free US shipping.

  1. I Want a ParadeStory one. Comes in the first box.
  2. Ball Don't Lie
  3. Stumblebum
  4. Self-Starter
  5. 28 Outs
  6. A Slice of Home

Each date is the latest that story ships.

In your first boxShips by Dec 15
  • 1I Want a Parade, story one of six
  • 1Season One pennant with all six Story Patches
  • 1Pocket Guide
  • 1Library Card

You pay once, up front. It doesn't renew, so nobody gets a surprise in June. Book sales are final.

Preorder the season
Pop raises his coffee on a lakeside bench, with a loon beside him.

Good people tell good stories

There's room for you here.

A familiar face. A shared memory. A story finding its next reader.

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