Book 1 Project

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Trading Cards

Attention all readers! Are you or is someone you know a fan of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children? As you read this fabulous story by Ransom Riggs were you hanging on the edge of seat and biting your nails in anticipation as Jacob ventured into Miss Peregrines loop and discovered the mystifying truth behind his grandfather Abe's stories? Did you just want to burst into tears when poor Emma discovered the horrifying reality of her dear Abe's perilous end, when Miss P told her  of Jacob, "Of course he's Abraham Portman's grandson. Just look at him!"? Did you lose yourself in the "orphanage" and wish so dearly that you had your own peculiar talent? If you are one of those people, then have we got something incredibly fun for you!

Introducing... Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Trading Cards! Collect every peculiar child from the book until you have accumulated each resident of Miss Peregrine's fantastic September 3rd, 1940 loop. Each card features a photo of a particular peculiar child taken straight from  the book, and when you flip it over there's a wonderful description of their specific peculiar abilities, hobbies, and most heroic moments from the story.


Back of Trading Card



Front of Trading card



In the section detailing their peculiar talent, you will find a point value. The ultimate goal in the story is to defeat the Wights and Hollows to make the loops safe again for all the peculiars. The point values are based on how much that particular peculiar child's talents do to help make this goal achievable. More important or useful talents will have higher point values, and the trading cards that they're on are much more rare.  If you have multiple cards that add up to a point value that is equal to one specific card those sets of cards may be swapped. However, cards cannot be traded for each other if the traded point values are not equal. Thus, you cannot trade a Millard card for a Jacob card. If you haven't read the book, pick up some of Miss P's trading cards anyway and immerse yourself in the world of peculiar people, (though I encourage you to read it if you have a chance). 

For a limited time we will also be offering special edition trading cards featuring Miss Peregrine herself and the other Ymbrynes or time travelers mentioned in the book. These cards will only be available for a short amount of time, as these peculiar have children to be tending to and loops to be creating! They will also be worth many, many points and have special peculiar trading abilities that which you can only discover if you buy or receive one of their cards.

"She was dressed head to toe in black, her hair pinned in a perfectly round knot atop her head...This was Miss Peregrine."
Limited Edition Ymbryne Trading Card (Featuring Miss Peregrine)

If you're a devoted fan of this wonderfully crafted story but for some reason the idea of trading cards seems trivial or unworthy of your time, We have many other options for you. Just visit our website : www.missperegrinespeculiarmerchandise.com. There you will find many different peculiar choices including "Finding the Hollows" a new board game featuring some of your favorite peculiar children like Jacob and Emma. There is also a section of apparel to choose from with some great quotes and images from the story. A new design features a picture of Emma and her fire ball with a quote on the back "I'm Jacob, I've been looking for you". Along with the Trading cards and these other options, there are many different things to discover on our website. If that's still not enough, we are offering a contest in which you can enter online. First prize get's to meet Ransom Riggs and win a signed copy of the Sequel to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar children, Hollow City. Other entries will win packs of trading cards. Whatever you may choose, enjoy your journey into Miss Peregrine's Peculiar world.

(There is no website and no contest and no cards, this is a project)

Book 1 Review

I read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and I really enjoyed it. It was very original and different, and quite a fast paced read. The characters and plot were obviously very well thought out, which paid off in the end. My favorite thing about the book is that the author created the story completely by grouping together old photographs and extracting a possible reason for each image, and then tooks those reasons and told his story. The book was very different from any other fairy tale or make believe story I have ever read and I'm definitely looking forward to it's sequel.

Post 2: What is a book?

A book is an escape. For many people, like Joe Meno says, having a book to come back to is a personal need. For the author and the reader, a book is a creative outlet in which to lose yourself. People need creativity in their lives, for without it the world would not be what it is. We would not have any technological or industrial advances. We would not have inventors, actors, doctors, bakers, athletes, or car salesmen. Virtually any profession would be mute without creativity. And without creativity we would not have books. Books live and breathe off imagination and offer a home away from home for so many  millions of people. In any format, books and stories can sweep readers away to another world, whether it be with a kindle, a nook or some other form of reading through the use of technology.  However, I do believe holding an actual book in one's hands offers a sort of comfort, and makes the whole appreciation of the author's creative process more real. It isn’t silly for people to want to collect books, to hold them in their hands, to be excited when a favorite author releases a new novel. A book is a thing of beauty, carefully crafted and thought out, painstakingly cared for by an author that offers themself completely to it. People will never not need the creative escape that books provide for them. Personally, when I'm upset, grabbing a good book to read is often a way for me cope.  I assume this could be true for many people and I honestly don't believe that books will ever be completely eliminated from society. Simply because we need them too much.