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The Same Old Detroit Book Club

The Starter Set

Three Detroit words. Three stories to read together.

  • Pop is what you drink.
  • Ope is what you say.
  • Rah Rah Rah is what you yell when it works out.

Follow two kids, Barry the dog, and one coney that won’t stay put.

$39.95Free US shipping.

  • BooksThree 8 × 8 in board books, 32 pages each
  • ShipsPreorder now, ships by December 15
Good stories get passed along.

Three books for your shelf. Same Old Detroit also pays for three books to be placed through the Detroit Memorybook Project.

This is a purchase from Same Old Detroit, not a donation. How the giving works

What’s in each book
  • Pop. One fizz, and the coney gets away.
  • Ope. One bump, and the coney hits the ground.
  • Rah Rah Rah. One catch, and the coney comes home.
Book details

Three 8 × 8 in square board books, 32 pages each, with rounded corners and Clay, Steel and Oxblood spines. Built for small hands and a lot of rereading.

Shipping and gifting

Preorder now. The first books ship by December 15, 2026, with free US shipping. Sending it to a grandkid three states away? Put their address in at checkout.

Already says Ope? Then they’re ready for Season One. Six longer Detroit stories, one a month, December to May. See Season One

Three words. Three little stories.

A grown-up hands Pop to a child in a striped sweater.

A little Detroit to pass along.

For the baby shower, the first birthday, the grandkid three states away. Somebody has to teach them Ope.

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The shelf fills up.

One Detroit story a month, December to May.

First box ships by 12.15.

Nine cloth book spines standing on a shelf: the Starter Set's Pop, Ope and Rah Rah Rah first, then the six Season One books, I Want a Parade, Ball Don't Lie, Stumblebum, Self-Starter, 28 Outs and A Slice of Home.
  1. Starter Set
  2. Dec
  3. Jan
  4. Feb
  5. Mar
  6. Apr
  7. May
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Pop, Ope and Rah Rah Rah together on the kitchen table.
The complete Starter Set

The Same Old Detroit Book Club

The Detroit Book Block

Three first words. One little piece of Detroit.

POP, OPE, and RAH RAH RAH, stacked in a map band and tied with a ribbon. The Starter Set, ready for somebody's bookshelf.

$39.95

Free US shipping.

Ships by December 15.

Good stories get passed along.

Three books for your shelf. Same Old Detroit also pays for three books to be placed through the Detroit Memorybook Project.

This is a purchase from Same Old Detroit, not a donation. How the giving works

What's in the block
  • POP / OPE / RAH RAH RAH
  • Three 8 × 8 square board books
  • Clay / Steel / Oxblood spines.
  • Stacked in an Oxblood map band and tied with a ribbon.
Delivery and gifting

The first books ship by December 15. Sending a gift? Enter the recipient's shipping address at checkout.

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POP / OPE / RAH RAH RAH

Ready for their bookshelf.

Three sturdy books, one ribbon, and a little Detroit to pass along.

INSIDE THE SET

Three stories, ready to be read.

Pick a spine and pull that book from the shelf.

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The first three Detroit words

Good things come in threes.

Start with one, or keep all three close by. The Starter Set brings POP, OPE and RAH RAH RAH together.

Meet OPE $14.95 →
Pop, Ope and Rah Rah Rah, the three Starter Set covers.
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

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