Penny Raile: Tip and Mitten at the Thrift Store

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Unimportant Things About Me

•As a child, I did not like gathering eggs on the farm because the hens were mean.
• I played the Doris Day part in “Pillow Talk” in a high school play.
• I played defensive line woman on my girl’s football team in high school - real football, not powder puff.
• I ate dinner at a restaurant next to Vice President Bush’s table in Fort Smith, Arkansas surrounded by secret service agents.
• I played the French horn and the cymbals in my high school band – horribly.
• I was the Sports Editor of my high school paper.
• When I moved to California, I lived in Malibu. I now live near Skid Row.
• I did not finish kindergarten.

Favorite Magazines

Art Doll
Home Companion
Cloth Paper Scissors

101 Things in 1001 Days

THE START OF MY LIST 1 Go to Paris and shop flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales 2 Go on a holiday trip with my entire family 3 Do stretching exercises five days a week for one month 4 Write the second edition of the Raile Family History 5 Finish the Harry Potter series 6 Create “gorilla art” 7 Make a map of every place I have been 8 Elaborately decorate my loft for Halloween 9 Invite at least four guests for dinner at the same time and everyone wears red 10 Go to Yosemite Park 11 Host a pajama party 12 Go on at least one date 13 Turn the big room into something whimsical 14 Change jobs 15 Keep a better diary 16 Set-up a trust fund 17 Write my life story 18 Create a web site to sell things 19 Make things that I am willing to sell 20 Send an admiration letter to RK 21 Visit New York 22 Attend Artfest in Seattle, Washington 23 Visit Watts Tower 24 Send out secret friend packages 25 Create a margarita bar and a coffee bar in loft 26 Read five books that I should have read in high school 27 Create five photo studies

November 2009

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Tip and Mitten at the Thrift Store

Tip. Where is Tip? Find Tip. Well, today I found him along with Mitten at the Deseret Thrift Store in Boyle Heights for 25 cents. It was one of those moments that all thrift store addicts can relate to - the big score!

The book is in good condition and was a 1957 reprint of the 1949 edition. I learned to read along with many others from the Tip series of books. Now if I could only find Dick and Jane.

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I have looked and looked for Tip and Mitten! To no avail..... I remember so well learning to read from those books! Sheryl

Posted by: Sheryl Kenoyer | June 06, 2009 at 04:15 PM

hi - i stumbled across you wehn googling tip and mitten. This was how I learnt to read in the UK. I never imagined that it was a US book. Great find

Posted by: julian varley | September 22, 2009 at 01:27 PM

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