Backpack bling for your junior bookworm

These days, enamel pins or uh, backpack bling has become essential accessorizing for the back-to-school crowd. So of course, mom that I am, I love the new collection of enamel pins featuring children's book characters . How many have you…

Out of Print's new Eric Carle Caterpillar backpack bling for young readers
These days, enamel pins or uh, backpack bling has become essential accessorizing for the back-to-school crowd. So of course, mom that I am, I love the new collection of enamel pins featuring children's book characters. How many have your kids read?

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The new literary collection of backpack bling from Out of Print - how many of these books have your kids read? From The Hungry Caterpillar to The Little Prince, to more modern classics like Wonder and Harry Potter (is that still considered modern?) surely there's one that will speak to your own kids. And you know, speak for them -- there's something wonderful about making a new friend in a new classroom thanks to a shared love for Hermione Granger or Elephant and Piggie. Find the new collection of literary enamel pins at Out of Print, including options for older kids like Poe, Salinger, and Douglas Adams.

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