February
12, 2002
Disney
Children's Book Group, LLC, also known as Disney Press, of New York, N.Y., is
voluntarily recalling about 5,180 Zowie's 123 children's books. The books have
a plastic abacus-like toy attached to the back cover that contains five plastic
beads. The beads can separate from the book cover, posing a choking hazard to
young children.
Disney-Press has received one report of a 15-month-old boy who broke a bead
from the book cover and placed it in his mouth. An adult was able to remove the
bead from the child's mouth without injury.
The Zowie's 123 book is a twelve page white board book that measures 6.5-inches
by 6.5-inches with a yellow plastic abacus-like toy attached to the back book
cover. The abacus toy has five small beads: blue, green, red, yellow and
orange. The beads slide along a plastic track. The book is based on the Rolie,
Polie, Olie television series and depicts the Zowie character on its cover. The
book can be identified with the ISBN code number 078683307-6, found on the back
cover in the bottom corner. Bookstores nationwide sold the recalled books from
January 2002 through February 2002 for about $7.
Consumers should immediately take these recalled books away from young
children and return the books to Disney Press for a full refund and postage.
Mail the books to Disney Press, Attn: Zowie 123, 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
10011 and use six first-class stamps per book. Be sure to include a return address
and phone number. For additional information, contact Disney Children's Book
Group, LLC toll-free at (866) 203-8070 anytime. Disney Contact: Ellen
Morgenstern (212) 633-4485