Right after we published Mary Azarian’s A Farmer’s Alphabet, some marketing genius in the company suggested the alphabetical images could easily be converted into an address book. This we did,
and the spiralbound 6 × 9? version sold out and was reprinted twice. We still get so many requests for it that we’ve decided to issue a new and improved version, containing not only the
standard address and phone numbers, but also e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers to bring it into the new millennium. It will be printed on a heavier paper, bound between boards, and
printed in two colors. Although it may not have many customers in haute couture circles or on Wall Street, our address book is the perfect way to carry and store contact information, and a lot
more attractive than a BlackBerry.