9 December 2008 - MRod Nation

http://mrod.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/the-complete-calvin-and-hobbes-free-and-online/

24 November 2008 - Digital Calvin and Hobbes forums

"secret calvin and hobbes book

"did you know thta bill waterson made a calvin and hobbes book,its secret and theres only 50 of then in the whole world.


"i found out about this on my research about calvin and hobbes."

http://www.calvin-and-hobbes.org/calvin/forums/general_forum/secret_calvin_and_hobbes_book

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"secret calvin and hobbes book

"renember when i said there is a secret calvin and hobbes book and only 1000 were made,well some people didnt belive so, here it is!

http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople/watterson.html

"this site has tons of unknown fact about c&h including the secret book."

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"I've seen that site before!

"I've also heard of the 'secret book', Teaching With Calvin and Hobbes."

http://www.calvin-and-hobbes.org/calvin/forums/general_forum/secret_calvin_and_hobbes_book__1

21 November 2008 - Digital Forums

http://digital-forums.com/showthread.php?p=2677273

19 November 2008 - Neatorama

"Actually, almost anything you see with Calvin and Hobbes on it is copyright infringement. Here is the complete list of things Bill Watterson has approved for mass production:

• Books
• Two calendars (1988-1989 and 1989-1990)
• A textbook called Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes
• One t-shirt for a traveling art exhibit"

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/19/happy-anniversary-to-calvin-and-hobbes/

11 November 2008 - The Auction Rebel comments

"I’m still searching for the 'Teaching With Calvin And Hobbes'. If I’m not mistaken the authors both taught in North Dakota and you would think there would be a couple copies floating around the state somewhere. So far no luck though."

http://theauctionrebel.com/985/selling-books-by-the-lot-on-ebay-calvin-hobbes/#comment-1262

10 November 2008 - The Auction Rebel

"There was an eighteenth Calvin and Hobbes book by Linda Holmen and Mary Santella-Johnson published in 1993. The book is titled 'Teaching With Calvin And Hobbes' and it used Calvin And Hobbes comic strips in conjunction with original text by the authors to teach special needs students.

"It was published under special license by a children’s book publisher in Fargo, North Dakota in a limited press run of 2500 copies that were only sold to teachers and educational specialists. These are extremely rare..."

http://theauctionrebel.com/985/selling-books-by-the-lot-on-ebay-calvin-hobbes/

13 October 2008 - AR15 forums

"I know there were a couple of calendars. Google says there's also a Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes textbook and a shirt somewhere."

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"Yeah, a friend of mine has the teaching book. I am jealous.
My mother actually had one at a point when she taught grade school; but this was yeeeears ago."

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=770525

23 September 2008 - Teachers.Net

"TEACHING WITH CALVIN AND HOBBES
Posted by Nicole/Jefferson City,MO on 9/23/08

"Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes by Mary Santella-Johnson and Linda Holman. Playground Publishing. ISBN: 1-878849-15-8

"This is a very rare teacher book that was released in 1993. Bill Watterson only only allowed a limited number to be circulated, so now it is quite a find....

"More about the book:
Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes contains activities that tap all learning styles and intelligences, and it guarenteed to make teaching and learning fun and effective. The material helps develop:
-vocablulary skills
-reading comprehension
-language skills
-creative writing
-critical thinking
-problem solvinig skills
-social skills
-cooperative learning
A very good resource to help motivate struggling readers!"

http://teachers.net/classifieds/books/topic1481/9.23.08.09.17.01.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20081203174320/http://teachers.net/classifieds/books/topic1481/9.23.08.09.17.01.html

19 September 2008 - Knol

"There was also an officially licensed Calvin and Hobbes textbook entitled Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes which only had a limited one-time run in 1993. It featured strips followed by lessons and questions."

http://knol.google.com/k/ben-wurth/calvin-and-hobbes/1xy53z66iom6/2#

21 August 2008 - eBay forums

"Collectible Childrens Books on eBay

"Teaching With Calvin & Hobbes was mentioned in Post#76 when it sold for what seemed a remarkable $321. That price now seems like a bargain compared to the $1050 fetched recently.... Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes Item number: 170253227321 sold for $1050 on Aug. 21, 2008 'This is an Extremely Rare Childrens learning book'"

http://forums.ebay.com/db1/topic/Booksellers/Collectible-Childrens-Books/1000686080?start=144#msg5100038729

23 July 2008 - A to Z Teacher Stuff forums

"A friend of mine sister borrowed a book out of my resource pile titled How to teach with Calvin and Hobbes. She had borrowed it for a few months and I finally asked if she was done with it, etc... I decided to look it up at Amazon to see if I could maybe order another one, so they could keep it (they are Calvin and Hobbes freaks!) I was a little (okay a lot) shocked at how much a replacement cost would be... Needless to say, she found it quickly and I put it under lock and key at my house... Who knew a teacher book could become so expensive and worth so much!!"

http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?t=63079

24 June 2008 - Talk About The Passion

"To this day, other than the collected books (of which there are 18) the only other official merchandise has been two calendars, a T-shirt (made for the Great American Comics: 100 Years of Cartoon Art event) and a 1993 schools textbook 'Teaching With Calvin and Hobbes' which received just one print run and thus remains of ludicrous value to collectors everywhere."

http://www.tatp.org/blog/?p=334

17 June 2008 - eBay forums

"Collectible Childrens Books on eBay

"Often I am surprised by what children's books sell for on eBay. A very competitive auction for this 1993 Calvin and Hobbes softcover... Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson Item number: 320260401509... 'Rare Calvin and Hobbes Book Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes By Linda Holmen, Bill Watterson, Mary Santella-Johnson... This is one of the rarest of all Calvin and Hobbes collectables.'"

http://forums.ebay.com/db1/topic/Booksellers/Collectible-Childrens-Books/1000686080?start=72#msg2010803157

8 June 2008 - So Hip It Hurts

"I searched the internet for the full list of Bill Watterson's published books and i found out that there is one book that is so very rare because there were only 2500 books printed.

"The rarest of the books is said to be 'Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes' and it was used to teach children with special needs."

http://hannlopez.multiply.com/journal/item/210

17 May 2008 - The Calvin and Hobbes Wiki

"Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes is an officially licensed book, and one of only a handful of official Calvin and Hobbes merchandise. Despite the name, the cover of the book doesn't actually feature Calvin and Hobbes, but rather five schoolchildren situated around a teacher's desk."

http://candh.wikia.com/wiki/Teaching_with_Calvin_and_Hobbes

21 April 2008 - Digital Calvin and Hobbes forums

"The list of official stuff as far as I know

"The books,
2 calenders,
Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes,
and an art show tee-shirt."

http://www.calvin-and-hobbes.org/calvin/forums/general_forum/are_we_doing_what_watterson_feared

8 April 2008 - A Very Friday Blog

"Wikipedia says: 'Except for the books, two 16-month calendars, the textbook Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes, and one T-shirt for a traveling art exhibit on comics, virtually all Calvin and Hobbes merchandise is unauthorized.'"

http://veryfriday.blogspot.com/2008/04/urinating-calvin.html

6 April 2008 - Ame onda ninga omulongi

"There is actually a really rare official text book out there called Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes (at amazon), but it is ridiculously expensive and doesn't appear to have too much to do with the math that I will be teaching."

http://omulongi.blogspot.com/2008/04/angular-vs-linear-velocity.html

1 April 2008 - Open Library

"Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes
by Linda Holmen
Published in 1993, Playground Pub. (Fargo, ND)

"Contributions: Santella-Johnson, Mary., Watterson, Bill.
By statement: Linda Holmen, Mary Santella-Johnson ; cover & illustrations by Jan Roebken.
Source records: Library MARC record
Language: English
Pagination: viii, 188 p.

"ISBN 10: 1878849158
LCCN: 93085554
Dewey: 372.6/044
LC: LB1576 .H629 1993
OCLC: 29340469

"Genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subject: Language experience approach in education — Handbooks, manuals, etc
Comic books, strips, etc. in education — Handbooks, manuals, etc
Language arts (Elementary)

"Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187). 'Whole language and humor for upper elementary and jr. high'--Cover."

http://openlibrary.org/b/OL1446515M/Teaching_with_Calvin_and_Hobbes

14 February 2008 - Karyn's erratic learning journey

"But here's an interesting exercise: go to Google and do a search on learning teaching 'Calvin and Hobbes', but just make sure your jaw has something soft to land on when it drops."

http://karynromeis.blogspot.com/2008/02/thanks-mr-watterson.html

12 February 2008 - Model Mayhem forums

http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=249152

1 February 2008 - Cool Calvin and Hobbes Collection

"Bill Watterson has notoriously strong anti-merchandising sentiments and also shuns the spotlight. Consequently, besides two calendars and a children's textbook, there are no authorised Calvin and Hobbes merchandise.

"The official merchandise that was released (and are no longer available) fetch huge prices when they appear on eBay and other auction sites."

http://www.nivmedia.com/calvin/intro.php