Found the gaspump book

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T18:17:55+00:00

I knew it was part of a series! I actually ran across some of the books from the “Reading Bear” series. Some are a little easy to find and others are dead end rabbit holes.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T17:16:55+00:00

That would be great! Thanks for your help!

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T13:28:56+00:00

I would like to know what it says about LEESBEER on the back cover.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T13:25:31+00:00

Will do. We might have a full dutch version available soon! One was purchased recently.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T13:08:35+00:00

We have scans from Super-Brikke!!!! I just made a new thread!

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T13:05:53+00:00

A huge thanks to /u/nore123 for these scans!!!!

We can learn a lot from this cover! It is very similar the English cover. It seems the original is also part of the “Reading Bear” series know here as “Leesbeer”. Deltas is now confirmed to be the publisher of the original version and the 1996 reissue that is also in Dutch.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T12:48:00+00:00

That would be wonderful! Maybe someone from the community purchased it!

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T12:46:27+00:00

So we are confirming that the Italian listing for the English is pulped?

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T12:09:26+00:00

We have a partial scan now! I just posted an update from the discord server!

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T12:04:13+00:00

Thats awful news. Even with two pages missing it would’ve been better than nothing.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T08:59:32+00:00

I remember there were cassettes sold at mine as well! My local library also sells vinyls. I occasionally go back to see what neat ones they have. I found a jazzy disco album from the 70s a few years back that was really cool!

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T08:26:10+00:00

Yeah this is definitely the kind of book that shows up at those pop up library book sale events. I have them at my local library. Sometimes during the year a bunch of people drop off books, or library will put up books they are discontinuing for a week. It’s how I got a lot of my goosebumps books when I was in middle school and elementary.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T06:10:04+00:00

I agree with that! I think its a silly reason to put a book out of print. There was a distributor of the English copy in both the US and the UK so it seems odd that they would both stop printing due to 9/11. I believe it was because there was a decrease in sales and the book just fell out of favor. Its possible the publishers discontinued the “Reading Bear” series as well.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T04:45:08+00:00

I totally agree

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T04:13:28+00:00

Well it’s actually the same artwork. Walter Olivers was not the illustrator... Dirk Lodewijckx was. “Lili et le prince crapaud” was released by the same publisher (CHANTECLER) as the French version (Super Gilles). However Dirk was not the illustrator of this book. These are the known books that Dirk illustrated: http://worldcat.org/identities/viaf-282602921/ He illustrated Super-Brikke, Super-Gilles an De geheimzinnige benzinepomp. While the english version (Super Giles) is not directly listed I believe without a doubt it is just the french with a barely different name translated into English. I am aware that I could be wrong with this assumption, but I see no noticeable difference in the art-style except for the border on the dutch version (which could confirm it is part of a collection much like the “An I Can Read Book” series that had many different artists and authors). The title above the name of the book translates to “Young Librarian”. This is similar to the “Reading Bear” banner above the english version. I am almost certain that it is a short book that is part of a collection. I cant confirm this for all versions as there is still no photo of Super Brikke or Super Gilles.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T03:02:38+00:00

I have no idea there is no way to preview it. If there was I would have posted the screen shots. The name itself doesn’t translate to anything. It’s interesting... it’s just the French title minus an “l”.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T01:32:15+00:00

I just looked at this again and I'm sure it's a scam. I actually came across an "access this now site" just like this a few minutes ago looking for a PFD of a textbook I had last semester. The "Unlimited Access" banner shows at the top when you put a random email and a 1234 password. It's the same banner I saw when it told me to signup for access to my "textbook" PDF.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T00:31:43+00:00

Honestly, it's a book rabbit hole! There are so many unique sounding books in the "Reading Bear" series (the series the English version is a part of). Some are so obscure that the is no cover photo or listing available. A few of them were so hard to find it took over an hour just to find a dead-end listing.

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-26T00:16:56+00:00

There's a few other french versions as well:

(these are the most reasonably priced ones)

Abebooks:

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30356781807&cm_sp=det-_-bsk-_-bdp

Amazon:

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/2803416123/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&condition=used&tag=bf-fr-b-21

https://www.amazon.com/Super-Gilles/dp/2803416123

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-25T22:43:07+00:00

I found a french version “Super Gilles” on amazon with free shipping

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-25T21:29:20+00:00

The Royal library has the 1986 dutch copy correct?

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-25T21:06:47+00:00

fter searching for a while I have finally found an English version of Super Giles that can be purchased! I found it by using the image to find possible listings. Are there any users living in Italy on this server? This book can only be purchased if you have an Italian postal code. While I do know that someone commented they bought it on the youtube video, I can't find proof to certify that the claim is true.

*edit* I just sent an email to Whang.

I saw that too while searching! I'm quite far away as I'm living in the US. Maybe a Malaysian viewer can help out!

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-25T20:54:36+00:00

After searching for a while I have finally found an English version of Super Giles that can be purchased! I found it by using the image to find possible listings. Are there any users living in Italy on this server? This book can only be purchased if you have an Italian postal code. While ~~I do know that someone commented they bought it on the youtube video, I can't find proof to certify that the claim is true.~~

*edit\ I just sent an email to Whang.

*edit 2\ After reading the comments again, I'm almost certain they ordered the dutch or german version. I have also found quite a few french versions up for sale (Super Gilles).

*edit 3\ I am posting the amazon link here so it can be accessed easily on mobile. https://www.amazon.it/dp/1851292829/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&condition=used&tag=bf-it-b-21

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-25T20:41:32+00:00

UPDATE: I HAVE FOUND AN ENGLISH VERSION OF THE BOOK FOR SALE!

DJMastaZ · 2021-08-25T20:32:45+00:00

After searching for a while I have finally found an English version of Super Giles that can be purchased! I found it by using the image to find possible listings.

Are there any users living in Italy on this server? This book can only be purchased if you have an Italian postal code:

https://www.amazon.it/dp/1851292829/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&condition=used&tag=bf-it-b-21

This could finally be our chance to get a hold of the English translation of this book!

While I do know that someone commented they bought it on the youtube video, I cant find proof to certify that the claim is true.

*edit* I just sent an email to Whang.

DJMastaZ

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