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Old 02-08-2008   #1
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Default RECALLED - Children's Sketchbooks

Children�s Sketchbooks Recalled by eeBoo Corp. Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Sketchbooks with Colored Spirals

Units: About 80,000

Distributor: eeBoo Corp., of New York, N.Y.

Hazard: The paint on the sketchbooks� colored spiral metal bindings contains excessive levels of lead violating the federal lead paint standard.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: The recalled children�s sketchbooks have colored spiral metal bindings, drawing paper, and cardboard covers in the following styles. �eeBoo� and the style name are printed on a sticker on the back cover.
Style Name Size
Drawing Birds (yellow spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
Butterflies (yellow spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
Garden Party (green spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
Up in the Tree (green spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
Nemo with Princess in Balloon (red spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
Nature (yellow spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
Princess and Butterflies (yellow spiral) 8 �� x 11 �� �Sketchbook� is printed on front cover
Princess and Butterflies (yellow spiral) 10� x 14� �Sketchbook� is printed on front cover

Other styles of sketchbooks with colored or plain metal spiral bindings are not included in this recall.

Sold at: Specialty and gift stores nationwide from September 2005 through January 2008 for about $6.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled sketchbooks away from children and contact eeBoo Corp. to receive a free replacement sketchbook with a plain metal spiral.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact eeBoo Corp. at (800) 791-5619 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm�s Web site at www.eeBoo.com

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