The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

On the Lines and Colors blog Charley Parker has posted up detailed descriptions and pictures from the delightful sounding Coraline Mystery Box he received as part of an unusual method of promoting the upcoming animated version of Neil Gaiman’s terrific (and spooky) children’s book (on a related note, check our site where some great new Coraline movie figures have been added). I’m quite jealous, it looks fantastic. From Charley’s blog:

“The scrapbook, though, was the main attraction, and offered surprises on par with my initial shock at the extravagance of the entire package.

It opens, past inside cover papers that match the wrapping paper used as packing, with a bookplate signed by director Henry Selick, declaring the volume to be Coraline – Magical Garden – Book No. 1 of 1. Under a sheet of sewing-pattern tissue that frames the pages front and back, the introductory frontspiece informs that: “Coraline Jones moves into a house situated on large, rambling grounds. In her real world and her other world, the pleasure of exploring such uninhabited nature is hers, and now yours. In this book, you can follow the exacting replicas of flora we hand-made to make Coraline’s fantastic garden come to life.”