Cereal Boxes and Prizes, 1960s : A Tribute and Price Guide [Paperback]

Scott Bruce (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Flake World Publishing (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966212304
• ISBN-13: 978-0966212303
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,206,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Delightful, September 14, 1998

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This review is from: Cereal Boxes and Prizes, 1960s : A Tribute and Price Guide (Paperback)

I hesitated at first to give this book 5 stars, on the basis that no book that lacks a narrative text deserves the highest rating. But on reflection I do feel that the pleasures of this book were so considerable as to deserve the ranking, and that a book's fun can come from photographs and memories as surely as it can come from prose composition. Anyone who is interested in popular culture, particularly the colorful, innocent, and optimistic childhood culture of the 1960s, will find this book wonderfully enjoyable. I imagine that most people will be charmed while leafing through the photographs of cereal boxes and their prizes, by following the evolution of the Sugar Crisp Bear, and noting the horrid political incorrectness of So-Hi, the Sugar Krispies mascot. But for those of us who actually grew up through this time in history, and who through this book were able to locate obscure recollections in the dim recesses of memory, it's a barrel of fun. I had forgotten all about my Captain Crunch plastic handpuppet, my Jungle Book characters, and the memory of snapping together my little Archies car, until I read this book. Other readers may well find themselves transported back to delightful memories long-ago forgotten. This book was a great present to me, and would be a fun present for anyone in my age group (mid-30s.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great photography but almost no text, September 12, 1998

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This review is from: Cereal Boxes and Prizes, 1960s : A Tribute and Price Guide (Paperback)

The book's photography is great. All clear color photogrpahs of cereal boxes, many front and back, and their enclosed prizes. Each photo has a caption but I would like to have seen a little more text. Still, it will bring back many memories of breakfast in the 60's.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Prize Inside, October 9, 2011

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This review is from: Cereal Boxes and Prizes, 1960s : A Tribute and Price Guide (Paperback)

Having grown up in the 1960's, "Cereal Boxes and Prizes" brought back many, fun memories for me. What could be better than one's favorite cereal and the fantastic and wonderful prizes that was inside the box? This book is both fun and entertaining and to once again see all the cereals that are still around and those that have faded away, well, I feel that this is certainly a worthwhile nostalgic trip down memory lane.