Tonkato Unusual Childrens Book S13 — Hot-

The text reads: “Tonkato puts his hoof in the hole. The hole is for the rain. But the rain tastes like the radio. Tonkato does not like the radio.” The illustration shows the creature licking a storm drain while a severed radio antenna grows out of a puddle.

If you collect weird vintage ephemera, you know the drill: you find a rabbit hole, jump in, and hope you don’t land on a pile of moldy encyclopedias. Tonkato Unusual Childrens Book S13 HOT-

Last night, I fell into a one.

Or blood. Here is where collectors get twitchy. The text reads: “Tonkato puts his hoof in the hole

In the die-cast car world, “S13” refers to a Nissan Silvia—a hot drift car. Why is a children’s book tagged with car culture slang? Tonkato does not like the radio

“Tonkato Unusual Childrens Book S13 HOT-”