Does anyone collect the vintage hardcover Care Bear Story books?

[Ponyfan]

Doe anyone collect the vintage hard cover A Tale from the Care Bear books? I'm missing 3 out of the set .


Ponyfan

[scarletjul]

Um, sort of? 

I pick them up when I find them @ thrift (usually,) because I love finding vintage children's books.  But I don't actively seek them out.  Which means right now, I own like 7 copies of "A Sister for Sam," because that was apparently *the* book to give small children when they were about to become a big brother/sister in the 1980s. 

Which ones are you missing?

[sailorstitch]

^Same here!

I have a ton of them scattered all over the house. I really need to put them all together so I can get rid of my doubles.

sailorstitch

[Ponyfan]

I'm missing The Trouble with Timothy, Your Best Wishes Can Come True and Ben's New Buddy. I'd like to complete the set someday but don't have much luck finding them second hand other than Ebay and even then they don't seem to come up as often as the other books. If either of you have doubles of those 3 please let me know.

Ponyfan

[buttonso]

I saw some Care Bears books the last time I went thrifting but I passed them up since I don't collect Care Bears... I'll look and see if they're still there when I go back tomorrow.

[scarletjul]

I'm missing The Trouble with Timothy, Your Best Wishes Can Come True and Ben's New Buddy. I'd like to complete the set someday but don't have much luck finding them second hand other than Ebay and even then they don't seem to come up as often as the other books. If either of you have doubles of those 3 please let me know.

Ponyfan

*runs off and checks books*

I definitely have The Trouble With Timothy and Ben's New Buddy.  I may have all three; I'll try to pm you by tomorrow. 

[Ponyfan]

I'm missing The Trouble with Timothy, Your Best Wishes Can Come True and Ben's New Buddy. I'd like to complete the set someday but don't have much luck finding them second hand other than Ebay and even then they don't seem to come up as often as the other books. If either of you have doubles of those 3 please let me know.

Ponyfan

*runs off and checks books*

I definitely have The Trouble With Timothy and Ben's New Buddy.  I may have all three; I'll try to pm you by tomorrow. 

Yay!

[scarletjul]

I'm missing The Trouble with Timothy, Your Best Wishes Can Come True and Ben's New Buddy. I'd like to complete the set someday but don't have much luck finding them second hand other than Ebay and even then they don't seem to come up as often as the other books. If either of you have doubles of those 3 please let me know.

Ponyfan

*runs off and checks books*

I definitely have The Trouble With Timothy and Ben's New Buddy.  I may have all three; I'll try to pm you by tomorrow. 

Yay!

Pm'ing you. 

[Nappercasper]

If not I might have them I found a pile of them in a charity shop.

[Big_Brother_Bufftusk]

Um, sort of? 

I pick them up when I find them @ thrift (usually,) because I love finding vintage children's books.  But I don't actively seek them out.  Which means right now, I own like 7 copies of "A Sister for Sam," because that was apparently *the* book to give small children when they were about to become a big brother/sister in the 1980s. 

Which ones are you missing?

for me it's 'the witch down the street' and 'the trouble with timothy'..apparently there was a lot of mean kids in my neck of the woods. 'magic words', 'best' wishes' and 'bens buddy'...and anything featuring either baby hugs or the 'cousins seem to be a lot scarcer for some reason.

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I can help with 'timothy' if nothing else if someone else can't, I only have one (decent) copy of the other two, (some have scribbles :-/) I always pick them up when I find them...these are just the ones I've accumulated in the last 4 years or so :-p

[Ponyfan]

Thanks everyone scarletjul was able to help me find the missing books I needed. Does anyone know how rare the "Favorite Bedtime Stories" and the two books based on the specials are?

Ponyfan

[Nappercasper]

Not sure but I picked them up with my pile too haha 

[Big_Brother_Bufftusk]

The special tie-in books are pretty common, I found them a LOT...in fact they may be the only ones I'll ever pass because even as a kid I kept finding them *lol* the bedtime storybook is somewhere in-between, I didn't USED to find it much now it pops up every so often.

[Ponyfan]

I might need to eventually get another copy of The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine. I noticed today the front cover of my copy is separated from the rest of the book but it's still readable.


Ponyfan

[apanda0622]

Haha never mind - I totally didn't read everything.

I don't think Bedtime stories is that rare.  Its seems like the Brave book, the Hugs N Tugs books, and Cousins books are harder to find.