Speaking of Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond is mourning her father’s death, dealing with her re-entry into the spotlight after joining the cast of this season’s Dancing with the Stars – and now she is defending the line of Magic Attic Club books she bought in 2001.
Here is Tampa, Patricia MacMartin discovered that the 800 number in the back of the now out-of-print series of children’s books now connects to a telephone sex line.
Ooops.
Her 9-year-old daughter asked to dial the 800 number in the back of her Magic Attic Club book and that is when they discovered just who they were calling. MacMartin notified library officials in Hillsborough County and when they didn’t remove the books, she checked out every Magic Attic book available from her local branch, the New Tampa Regional Library.
A spokesman for the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative admits they “dropped the ball” and today Hillsborough County librarians spent a good part of the day tracking down the books.
The Magic Attic books include more than 30 titles aimed at girls from 9 and 12. It was launched in 1994, sold in 2001 to Marie Osmond, and went out of print in 2004.
Osmond’s spokeswoman maintains that their company is not responsible for the state of the phone number, as the books were discontinued four years ago and the phone number resold by the telephone company.
MacMartin said believes the publisher should hold some responsibility.
Local readers will still be able to enjoy the books. Librarians are simply going to remove the pages that contain the invalid phone number.
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