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Joe Lacey

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Joe Lacey is a creative consultant, illustrator, author, and designer for toys, packaging, and publication art for such companies as Crayola, (most notably, the Coloring Songbook: Lyrics by Lennon & McCartney), Avon, Fisher-Price, Mattel, and PEZ. As an author he has written and illustrated activity books for kids menus and corporate advertising campaigns.

His first book, "The Musical Touch of Leonard Nimoy" is a collaboration with his wife and Darlene Lacey, curator of the Candy Wrapper Museum and author of the book "Classic Candy: America's Favorite Sweets, 1950-80".

A collector of vintage ephemera, he enjoys researching and writing about design, art, and advertising of the past and how it continues to be an important part of our evolving a ...more

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	The Musical Touch of Leonard Nimoy: His fascinating musical career and discography by Darlene Lacey (Goodreads Author), Joe Lacey (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Woman's Guide to Low Self-Esteem by Darlene Lacey (Goodreads Author), Joe Lacey (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alley Gator Bowling Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Signature Coloring Songbook, Lyrics of John Lennon & Paul McCartney 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Famous Illustrators of the Golden Age Coloring Portfolio: American Edition 1898-1927 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	8-bit Kingdom: Medieval tales of computer technology 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Other Side of Tomorrow

by Roger Elwood

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Love Me Do!: The Beatles' Progress

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Paperback Writer

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