When I was a kid I fell in love with the Garfield comic strip. As with most comics, Garfield strips were collected together in books. During my childhood I collected the first 30 books of strips. There are 55 plus Treasury books and other special collection books. My Garfield books have been stored in a box in my garage since leaving college. My 6 year old learned I had these and was super excited. She watches the Garfield cartoon show and wanted to read the books herself. You can imagine my excitement at this. A couple of days later we dug them out of the garage and found a place on her bookshelf for them.
I find it exciting that my daughter is interested in some of the same books that I was as a kid. As an additional science bonus, I showed my daughter the bottom of of each of the books.
See the discoloration? It's the exact same length on each book. This is smoke damage from a house fire at my house when I was a senior in high school. My bookshelf at the time wasn't as deep and the books extended out from the shelf a bit. The bit hanging over the shelf edge is discolored due to smoke.
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