February 6, 2008
Children’s Sketchbooks Recalled by eeBoo Corp.
Name of Product: Sketchbooks with Colored Spirals
Units: About 80,000
Distributor: eeBoo Corp., of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: The paint on the sketchbooks’ colored spiral metal bindings contains excessive levels of lead violating the federal lead paint standard.
Description: The recalled children’s sketchbooks have colored spiral metal bindings, drawing paper, and cardboard covers in the following styles. “eeBoo” and the style name are printed on a sticker on the back cover.
| Style Name | Size | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing Birds (yellow spiral) | 8 ½” x 11 ½” | “eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook” is printed on front cover |
| Butterflies (yellow spiral) | 8 ½” x 11 ½” | “eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook” is printed on front cover |
| Garden Party (green spiral) | 8 ½” x 11 ½” | “eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook” is printed on front cover |
| Up in the Tree (green spiral) | 8 ½” x 11 ½” | “eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook” is printed on front cover |
| Nemo with Princess in Balloon (red spiral) | 8 ½” x 11 ½” | “Sketchbook” is printed on front cover |
| Nature (yellow spiral) | 8 ½” x 11 ½” | “eeBoo Great Illustrators Sketchbook” is printed on front cover |
| Princess and Butterflies (yellow spiral) | 8 ½” x 11 ½” | “Sketchbook” is printed on front cover |
| Princess and Butterflies (yellow spiral) | 10” x 14” | “Sketchbook” is printed on front cover |
Other styles of sketchbooks with colored or plain metal spiral bindings are not included in this recall.
Sold at: Specialty and gift stores nationwide from September 2005 through January 2008 for about $6.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled sketchbooks away from children and contact eeBoo Corp. to receive a free replacement sketchbook with a plain metal spiral.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact eeBoo Corp. at (800) 791-5619 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at http://www.eeboo.com/safety.php