Reading – Lunchbox, Inside and Out

Coming in at 178-pages, Lunchbox, Inside and Out* is a pop culture treat for anyone who grew up between the 50s and late 80s. (Obviously, I’m more interested in the late seventies through mid eighties range, but the entire book is enjoyable.) Written by Jack Mingo and Erin Barrett, the book is pop culture popcorn; there’s no really nutrition in reading the book but I strongly suspect that anyone reading battlegrip.com would enjoy reading the book.

The book is broken into 14 chapters and covers everything from the cowboys of the fifties through the superheroes, movies, and cartoons of the eighties. As I’ve done with other books we’ve looked at here at battlegrip.com I’ve snapped several shots of the book and posted a Flickr set so that you can get a closer look at the inside of the book. It’s attractively presented with tons of color photos of the lunchboxes and just enough text to keep you entertained as you flip from page to page.

We need to be very clear on one thing: Lunchbox, Inside and Out* will NOT change your life. The book is anything but serious and how could it be when it’s devoted to lunchboxes? But it’s fun, has kept me entertained for far too many hours over the past few years, and was obviously created be people who truly love lunchboxes. And in the end all that matters when picking up a book like this is that it gives you those “I remember that!” moments that are key to a successful nostalgia-inspired book.

So enjoy the photos I’ve posted at Flickr and get on with your day. I’m hoping you have as much fun just scanning through the few photos I shot of the book as I’ve had reading the book. It really is a fun, simple book that serves no purpose except to make us smile.

And at that it is, in my opinion, a complete success.