The first in our year-long series of special contests and promotions celebrating our 40th anniversary! Your challenge is to correctly identify the number of times Hayao Miyazaki's beloved character Totoro appears hidden in the drawings contained in Vess book. A longtime admirer of Miyazaski's work, Vess often honors his Japanese colleague by hiding a representation of the long-eared Totoro in his own work.
Order your copy today, then count the hidden Totoros, and submit your entry by mail, phone or email, and well place your name in a drawing among the other correct entries for one of ten original Vess pieces to be given away on March 9, 2010. One entry per customer please, must be received by March 8, 2010. Winners will be announced in our April catalog. Click here to see the book.

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