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My worlds collide: A Kidlit column for the newspaper
Q: We were reading “Babe: The Sheep Pig” and were surprised to see that the emergency phone number was 999 not 911. Why the difference? Stewart Hill, Elliston
A: Dick King-Smith’s book about Babe, on which the movie was based, was first published in England and certainly seems to be set in England. That fair country uses the number 999 for its emergency calls. Thus when Babe catches sheep rustlers in the act, Mrs. Hoggett dials 999 to summon the police.
Sometimes books are edited slightly when brought across the Atlantic in either direction and little details like this are “translated” to save readers from this sort of confusion, but some might argue that such details should remain since they add flavor and texture to a book.
I knew about the transatlantic translations (nearly) firsthand, since Cece’s Sock Monkey books have been published in Britain with charming changes to the text, along the lines of:
Sock Monkey rented a tuxedeo >>> Sock Monkey hired a dinner jacket
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Origami Sock Monkey

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Sam & Cece’s Holiday Funland – Day 22 – 12 Days of Sock Monkey

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Sam & Cece’s Holiday Funland – Day 19 – The Making Of…


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Sam & Cece’s Holiday Funland – Days 13 – a classic Sock Monkey Christmas Card
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Sam & Cece’s Holiday Funland Day 12 – Sock Monkey Shrinky Dinks
One of the all-time great Sock Monkey give-aways! Shrinky Dinks that friends and fans could color and bake!
Click here to see the process demonstrated by Veronica Monkeygirl!
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Frog and Toad lend Sock Monkey a helping hand
So we’re at Barnes & Noble for a booksigning and we need a place to put Cece’s jumbo Sock Monkey display….
We got it balanced on Toad’s arm and on a pen stuck in a bookshelf.
Obviously, I need to make a giant cardboard fountain of poop for Qwikpick, because Cece outsold me like crazy!
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Cece & Sam’s Holiday Funland Day 10 – Sock Monkey’s Online Train Set – Free Flash Game Fun
At last! You can ride the rails with your favorite toy actor and picture book star, Sock Monkey!
Sock Monkey’s Online Train Set (or SMOTS) is a Flash game, that lets you control the train, build a new layout, create cities, farms and roads. AND you can toot the whistle as much as you want! Yes, it’s a free flash game for kids or adults or sock monkeys.
Above: a pretty busy layout, but Sock Monkey prefers one like that below…
In case you’re wondering… yes, I programmed this myself, but not from scratch. I started with source code for a tile world from a book called Flash MX Game Design Demystified. Also, if you play, you’ll notice that I didn’t check for train and truck collisions. So, no crashes!
While we’re on the subject, don’t forget the first Sock Monkey Flash Game…
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Sam & Cece’s Holiday Funland – Day 8 – Sock Monkey Christmas Card
If you’re a member of Sock Monkey’s fan club (or otherwise connected) you get a Sock Monkey Christmas Card every year. Here’s one of my favorites, from 2002….
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