Blue Books are making a comeback in classrooms as an anti-AI gambit. Teachers hand out paper booklets and student hand write their test answers.

I always loved the simplicity of blue books, down to the unbothered repeat of "Book" in the title and subtitle:

BLUE BOOK

EXAMINATION BOOK

First thought, best thought, I guess. Just don't let that principle carry over to your essay writing.

I remember breathlessly writing about solar energy during my science test in 6th grade. We'd studied it for almost the whole year because Mrs. Miller was obsessed. My teacher's obsessions were contagious. Ms. Gross taught us calligraphy and the Holocaust, so forever, I see THE HOLOCAUST newspaper headline style written in calligraphy.

My solar energy essay kept going and going. I'd caught Mrs. Miller's obsession. We all expected it to sweep the nation. I remember the last line I wrote in the Blue Book Examination Book included stage direction:

[sweep of hand] "...will soon be a reality!"

What I didn't love about BLUE BOOK EXAMINATION BOOKS is that they underestimated my needed page count. I tiptoed to the front of the classroom for another booklet and wrote "1 of 2" on the upper right corner, but what if the booklets got separated and my essay seemed to end without conclusion? 

To the rescue: This is a 6"x8" Blue Book Self-Examination blank book with 100 pages (50 sheets), rounded edges. Perfect spine, but it looks like it has side staples to take you back to scribbling an essay on images of miniaturization and petrifaction in Wuthering Heights. Let's go, middle-finger callous!

Notes: There's a 2026 calendar on the inside front cover. There is also a stupid 0.5"x0.5" production barcode visible on the back cover. There is also a curse word on the back cover because I've listed other titles from my press, and they include Jabberf*cky and other poems. Let me know if you want one with a clean back cover. 

-maggie