Everything's Coming Up Sock Monkeys! The Art, History and Business of the American Sock Monkey. 160 Pages, full color, hard back book.

	EVERYTHING'S COMING UP SOCK MONKEYS!
Click Here for Interior page samples	ITEM# ECUSM (Suggested retail 34.99$) Our Price 31.99$   "This is the best, most comprehensive sock monkey book out there." 160 pages, Full color, Hard Back, 8 1/2 x 11, ISBN: 978-0-9790323-0-1, In my Own Dream Publishing, March 2007

"I Used To Have One of Those!"

January 2007 - New York , NY - In My Own Dream Publishing, LLC today announced the publication of a special new book, Everything's Coming Up Sock Monkeys: The Art, History and Business of the American Sock Monkey, written by Bonnie Kraus Connelly.

Through a collection of full color art, photography and illuminating text - Bonnie Kraus Connelly, a professional children's illustrator, graphic designer and business owner for 25 years, offers a coffee table book size art exhibition that catalogs the Art, History and Business of the American Sock Monkey, Volume 1. As a true celebration of creativity, it features over 80 contributors - artists, photographers, collectors, museum and gallery exhibits, vintage and non typical monkey makers, published books, comics and craft magazines, businesses and more of the humbly famed sock monkey.

"I used to have one of those!" is the common response one encounters no matter what American town, city, or airport you pass through if you are holding a sock monkey in your arms.   With a history and tradition that goes back over 75 years, this American folk art icon has been owned and loved by millions, young and old alike.

What makes Ms. Connelly's book uniquely different is its focus on the sock monkey's creative collective life. Like a mysterious 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle finally being connected, a portrayal of this toy's true artful soul and the people who love it is shaped throughout the pages of this beautiful book. Her painstaking research located the many artisans, curators and collectors who contributed to the book, and she is currently working on Volume 2.

In My Own Dream Publishing is distributed Mid Point Trade Books.

Testimonials:

"The best sock monkey book I've ever seen."  

"It is so well researched, so well organized so thorough and complete! I think it a marvelous thing what you have done...for the sock monkey renaissance and for all of us!"  

Beth Darling, Artist

"Great, Great stuff."  

Danny Plotnick, Filmmaker

"There are many surprises in this wonderful book size exposition..."  

Jo Anne Kraus, PhD in Literature, CUNY  

"The book is wonderful! Just wonderful! The whole family is enjoying it."  

Denny Meredith, GE Engineer.

"I think that it looks terrific!"  

Whitney Shroyer, www.sockmonkeydreams.com

"This is the best, most comprehensive sock monkey book out there."

Mitch Mitchell, Artist, Owner of supersockmonkey.com