A brand-new, FREE downloadable and printable coloring book!
Featuring ​Sesame and his sweet friends!
Please feel free to download, print, share, and enjoy.

Thank you everyone! It's meant so much to have such support, and we're so happy that Starry Surprise! is fully funded! We've put the order in with the manufacturer and they've let us know they're "putting a rush on it". We should have them in-hand in not too long! 

We'll put them up on the website so you can order them from here, too, or order more if you were only able to claim one on the Kickstarter. Of course, our Kickstarter backers will be the first to have their orders fulfilled and the first to receive the plushes! We've also been busy collecting the names and addresses of your favorite nature centers and wildlife hospitals so we can send complimentary plushes their way. You can always comment here on the blog with requests for places to receive them, or you can email [email protected] as well. Thank you for making this project a reality. We appreciate each and every one of you so much! 

We can't wait to send your Starry Surprises to you!
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Hi Friends and Seedlings!! It's me, Starry! I've made a kickstarter to mass produce the first Opossum Plush with Seedling Babies! We're calling it Starry Surprise. I'm really excited about it, and one of the many reasons it makes me smile is that if it gets fully funded we'll be sending Starry Surprises to wildlife rescue and nature centers around the world. Doing so will help these centers educate kids and adults about the amazing opossum. Awareness and advocacy are a huge part of encouraging humans to be kind to opossums, and these educational plushes (with pouches and educational tags) will be one more step toward creating a more compassionate world for our America's only native marsupial. 

Please consider joining and supporting the campaign! We would be very grateful to have you, and we would love to send you one of the many Kickstarter rewards, including but not limited to your own Starry Surprise! In addition to populating educational centers, Starry Surprises will be available to the public at $59 retail. Now is your chance to claim one of the very first and support the initial manufacturing of the very first litter. You will be our hero! We have only until Oct 24th to secure full funding (which will mean that this first litter could be in your hands by this winter's holidays!).

Check out the Kickstarter here, and as always, we adore you and are thankful for all your support and love!

If you prefer a cut & paste version, see below!

"Opossums are harmless, timid, docile creatures. They hiss for protection because their eyesight is poor. They freeze or “play opossum” when confronted with danger because they have no means to fight. When you see these critters, leave them be.
A few facts:
1. Opossums are not rabies vectors because of their decreased body temperature.
2. They eat insects, acorns, ticks (very efficiently!), overripe vegetation, and occasionally, tiny vermin. They do not attack cats, dogs, chickens, etc, and are excellent disease control for Lyme, Ehrlichia, and any other tick-borne diseases.
3. They do not tip trash cans or destroy gardens. They clean up what other predators leave behind, but often get the blame.
4. They will never offensively attack or bite. They are completely avoidant of interaction and will hiss, growl, involuntarily faint or, like all animals, bite defensively when cornered.
5. They are a carrier for sarcocystis, the Protozoa causing Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). All horse feed and hay should be kept off the ground and covered. A devastating disease, and treatable if diagnosed early, less than 1% of healthy exposed horses will progress to disease.
6. They are resistant/somewhat immune to toxic snake bites and will kill them if encountered, out of defense. They perform natural pest control!" Text courtesy of our friends at Northern Oaks Bird & Animal Hospital.