…WALK OFF HOME RUN! HELLO WIN COLUMN!

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…That was the longest 33 days of my life!   Thanks so much for all your support.

Your rewards will have to wait…’cause I am going to PARTY!!!!!!

mark

WE MADE IT…WITH 6 HOURS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sharon Singer has just iced the cake with her generous donation @ 10:06 am! Thanks so much to everyone who has helped get this project funded.

BUT WE STILL GOT 6 HOURS…CAN A CAKE HAVE TOO MUCH ICING?…

…AND IS IT TOO EARLY TO DRINK CHAMPAGNE?

MUCH OBLIGED AND EXHAUSTED,

mark

tick. tocK. tiCK. tOCK. TICK, TOCK. TICKTOCKTICKTO……………

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ONLY 19 HOURS TO GO!  ONLY $177.00 NEEDED!  MY VALIUM ARE ALL GONE!

HELP!

mark

MARK THANKS MARK AND MARK…

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Of course, thanks to all of you folks…but Mark and Mark just put us over 94%!!!! and you always remember the ninth inning more in a close game! (sorry, I don’t know how to turn off this ‘bold’ Thing!)

NO EXTRA INNINGS IN THIS GAME, THOUGH…JUST 31 HOURS AND IT’S OVER.

much obliged,

mark

FROM DAYS…to hours!!!

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Only 45 hours left! All we need to do is sale 6 or 7 more sets of Jungle fun and we are there.

Enjoy your weekend but please work in a few minutes of begging for our  mutual cause.

With Kickstarter, it is all or nothing, and we are way to close to settle for nothing.

And by the way,,,I HATE TYPING…so don’t make me beg much longer!

Much obliged,

Mark

SUNDAY JULY 14th @ 5:10EDT…

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Kickstarter goes down to the last minute, so please keep getting out the word. We are 81% there and just a few days to finish it off. Thanks again for all your help, folks! If we can reach our goal, I am going to order ‘Flashcakes’ from Mainline Printing here in Topeka. I got the quote today and it looks workable. Not as low as the China bid, but keeping it local is very important to me.

If you want to see the virtual ‘Flashcakes’, check them out on Dittokiddoclub.com

Much obliged

Mark

HOMESTRETCH!

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Thanks to the new backers that keep inching this project towards our goal. There is an article in the Capital Journal today and I will be on the Early News on Monday @ 4:00 on WIBW with Ralph Hipp. That should help and please keep spreading the word.

8 more days…

Thanks again!

KEEP SPREADING THE WORD!!

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Just thought I would let you folks know that the Topeka Capital Journal came by and there will be a story in the paper next Sunday (or maybe Monday…8th). That should help get this thing over the hump.

THANKS AGAIN!

SUPPORT HAS CAST A WIDER NET!

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I am starting to see names on the backer list that I do not Know, and that is a very good feeling. Thank you so much for believing in this project to keep Kiddos from being scared of Math. Here is a comment card from a little gal who was in the sixth grade by the time I finally had a sloppy copy of the last book, Ten-ti-pede Pete, for her to read during my trial run a few years ago with many Kiddos. Their feedback about each book was very encouraging,                     (Keep spreading the word!)

JUST A LITTLE HISTORY…

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Hiding math behind birthdays has always been my focus but 17 years ago the characters were a lot different. One-a-Roo Sue, Sabre-twooth Ruth and Six-po Joe were a One-a-dile, Two-a-dactyl, and six-a-saurus. After a couple, three years of playing with the poems, I stuck them in the bottom drawer, I guess kinda frustrated they would never help/entertain Kiddos. Some weeks later, my oldest asked me, “Dad, what happened to those rhymes you told me?” …”What rhymes?”… “the one that went…

 Birthday seven times six forty two. Kitty went potty in daddy’s shoe
 Birthday eight times six forty eight. Dad put kitty in a plastic crate!
 Birthday nine times six fifty four. Dad gave kitty to the lady next door.”

That’s all the inspiration I needed and I have never looked back!

Much obliged for your support,

Mark