School Years: A Family Keepsake of School Memories [Spiral-bound]

Stephan Britt (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 11, 2006

Families will love this cute and clever keepsake album for recording precious milestones and accomplishments. Both parent and child can fill each expandable pocketthere's one for every year from kindergarten to 12th gradewith photos, report cards, art projects, and other mementos. In keeping track of favorite subjects, hobbies, and friends, families create an ongoing memory book to cherish for years to come.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

S. Britt, who spent much of his childhood in Colorado, is largely a self-taught artist/illustrator. Hedrew most of his early inspiration from books by Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, and Richard Scarry. Some of his recent work can be seen on the CD covers of severals bands, including GrooveGoolies, the Hi-Fives, the Ultra Violets, and The Pilgrims. He also design artwork for band t-shirts,posters, and stickers.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 13 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (May 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811851532
• ISBN-13: 978-0811851534
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What can you store in this??, April 20, 2007

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Thyme Lee (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: School Years: A Family Keepsake of School Memories (Spiral-bound)

Make sure to read the books dimensions. You can't even store a standard size piece of paper in this book without folding it up, and who wants to fold keepsakes!

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Idea, Bad Planning, November 19, 2008

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B. McMann "big family of God" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: School Years: A Family Keepsake of School Memories (Spiral-bound)

Positives: includes one front and back side pouch page for each year, even the high school years.
has space to put:
-teachers,
-first day of school date,
-hight and weight,
-a check off list of 'what I want to be when I grow up',
-favorite subjects,
-activities and hobbies,
-honors and awards,
-friends,
-a place to have their signature for that year.
-a check list for what is inclosed in the pouch (ie: report cards, artwork, honors and awards, class picture, souvenirs of...)
-There is also a wallet sized spot for a picture of your child for each year.

Negatives: The dimentions of the pages are 9 3/8 tall x 6 5/8 wide. Obviously not large enough to put a regular sized sheet of paper into such as a class picture. Who wants to fold a class picture? Or a piece of art work that has something on it that will ruin if you fold it.

I gave this product 2 stars instead of one because it is very sturdy and feels well made, but I am very disappointed to the size. Enough so that I won't buy the product again, and I will tell other people.
I have another product that is similar use for the school memories and it holds full sized sheets of paper. When you have to fold your memories you have less space for them to fit. The pages are a little expandable, but for me, I can't get over the size.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Children will treasure this book in later years, January 11, 2007

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Beverly Spencer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: School Years: A Family Keepsake of School Memories (Spiral-bound)

Our children, now in their late 30's, received a book such as this from their elementary school. I thought then and still do that every child should have one to capsulize their school years. It is so easy to record everything and keep their report cards, special papers, etc. all in one place rather than in a box that will never be gone through. I gave our children theirs in 2006 and they were surprised, and happy, that I had done this for them. I highly recommend this book, which we gave to our 5 grandchildren for Christmas this past year.