Hello,

I’m looking for a book that was probably published in the late 1970s/early 1980s; I think the story involved a bear or family of bears who heard noises at night. On the very last page was a picture of a raccoon in a tree, and as a kid I was really scared of that picture!

Thanks for any ideas!

I am looking for a book I read as a child (1997ish?) it was about a girl and had multiple stories in one book. One story she went to sew on a field and dropped her sewing box in the grass. In another she went to her grandmother’s and helped her paint her garden (a birdhouse I believe). In another I believe she went for a walk with her friend and he got caught in barbed wire.
Ringing any bells for anyone?

Could be Why the Mosquito Buzzes in People’s Ears

Yes it seems that way. This book had that and a lot of other stories, so my searches just into Baba Yaga hasn’t given me much. Thanks for the help though! It’s a start!

I had a children’s bound encyclopedia set, in the mid-1950’s. There were about ten volumes in the set; each a different color. My favorites were the orange poetry book, the royal blue book of Norse Myths, and the red fairytale book. I think one of the books was brown, and had stories about the Old West, and pioneers. The title of the set was embossed in a circle, on the front of each book. My stepfather allowed my little sister to destroy them, with a pair of scissors. I cried, and cried! They were my favorites, and I spent hours, reading, and enjoying them. I can’t remember the name of this set, but would love to find it!

Thanks, Darla Loftus

I am looking for a juvenile book from the 70s-80s. It had a luna moth on the cover, and it may have had luna in the title. I don’t remember much except it seemed like a modern-day fairytale, and it was long enough for my mother to have mistaken it for an adult book (so it’s not a picture book). One detail I remember is that lost items go to the Desert, and when you find them again, they’re just back from the Desert (this is to explain where missing socks go, for instance). I wish I could recall more!

I am in search of a book for my kids from my childhood (late 90’s early 2000) and I can’t find it for the life of me. It was a big book of stories much like fables so it included stories like: the princess and the pea, the boy who cried wolf, the lion and the mouse, King Midas, three billy goats gruff, etc. However, what made it unique was that at the end of each story there was a page dedicated to the moral of the story. These stories were not one page like many of the books today and I remember the book was super thick and the pages had a silver edge so when you closed the book all the pages looked silver together. Might have been red but could have been blue?

I read a book in the 90s about a fly or spider that gave gifts of snow and icicles as gifts. They end up melting and he is disappointed. But it works out because they are used to put out a fire. Does that ring a bell?

Have you looked at Lona: a Fairy Tale by Dare Wright? Once upon a time, when magic was common and princesses were many, there lived a powerful wizard named Druth. He could transform a prince into a toad, or a shepherd boy into a sheep by a mere flick of his finger. But no matter how hard he tried he could not enchant a princess by any magic at all. Enraged and humiliated, Druth took revenge upon three kingdoms whose princesses he was unable to enchant. He flooded their lands and imprisoned the people in a deep, unending sleep. He saved one princess alone, however. She was a baby named Lona whom Druth planned to raise himself until she was old enough to enchant. Some new spell, he was certain, would eventually succeed. But when she grew up, Lona showed surprising courage, challenging the mighty wizard’s power. Through Dare Wright’s rich descriptions and superb photographs, readers will breathlessly follow each moment of Lona’s remarkable struggle to remove Druth’s spell over the three kingdoms.

For the second one: That sounds like the story called ‘Dark Pony’ that was published in The New Basic Readers by Scott, Foresman and Company. It can be found in ‘The New Our New Friends.’

“At night Dark Pony came running along the road. At night he took many children to Sleepy Town. Every night his four little feet came galloping, galloping. His color was dark and he came just at dark. So that is why the children called him Dark Pony. One night a boy met Dark Pony running along the road. The little boy called, “Please take me down to Sleepy Town.” Dark Pony stopped running. Up jumped the little boy and away they went. Galloping, galloping, galloping!

Soon they met a little girl. The little girl called, “Please take me down to Sleepy Town.” Dark Pony stopped running and the girl jumped up behind the boy. “Go, go Dark Pony!” she said. And away they went! Galloping, galloping, galloping. Then they met a little puppy running along the road. The little puppy sat up and called, “Bow-wow, bow-wow!” Dark Pony stopped, and the puppy jumped up behind the girl. “Go, go Dark Pony,” they said. And away they went. Galloping, galloping, galloping!

Next they met a little gray squirrel. He sat up in the road and called, “Please take me, too.” “Jump up. Jump up behind me.” said the puppy. So the little gray squirrel jumped up behind the puppy. And away they went galloping along the road to Sleepy Town. Galloping, galloping, galloping! Faster and faster and faster! The happy children sang and sang. The faster they went, the faster they sang. Soon Dark Pony began to go slower. The puppy, the squirrel, the boy and the girl were all very sleepy. Dark Pony was sleepy too. Slower and slower and slower and slower he went. At last he stopped. He had come to Sleepy Town. So had the puppy, the squirrel, the boy, and the girl. All five had come to Sleepy Town.”

I am trying to remember the title of two books I read as a child.

The first book was about a girl who pricked her finger on a brooch while playing in her mother’s jewelry box, and developing a bad fever. In the middle of the night she finds a strange old woman carrying her through passageways. She wakes up in a cozy apartment and discovers the woman is a long forgotten grandmother (great aunt?) who seems shunned by the rest of the family for her (magic?) practices, and instead lives in a secret, maze like, closed off part of the mansion house. She gives the girl something that makes her feel better. While there, the girl sees the grandmother’s doves, and the grandmother comments that they bring her special spider silk from a special island where the spiders are large and the silk has special properties. The girl feels better, and the grandmother returns her home. Later the girl tries to find the grandmother on her own but gets lost in the maze of passageways and locked dooes, and falls asleep at one of the doors. She wakes up to find the grandmother has found her, but is angry that she came back. The grandmother takes her to her attic once again but tells her she is not supported to come visit. That’s all I remember, except that the book title had something to do with the spider island – silk island or island of the silk spiders or something like that. I believe this book was probably an 80’s or 90’s read but can’t confirm.

The second book was about a dying race of intelligent mice-like creatures who once knew how to turn invisible but the secret has been lost over time. Many are convinced it requires great fear. This has caused them to slowly get wiped out by cats in an attempt to be scared enough to rediscover rediscover the key to invisibility. The main character, who I’m sure was called Pudding because he hated his name, and a friend sneak into a house to find some food and shelter. The story follows their adventures in the house and Puddings struggle to discover the secret while avoiding a cat, and the house owners, who want to capture and sell the “mice” for their intelligence. At the climax Pudding learns the key was bravery, not fear. I remember a few illustrations that looked vaguely like EB White book illustrations, and I remember a few other details, like his mother stood up to a cat and died and in the end, he gets captured in a glass jar before turning invisible.

I’m looking for an early reader’s book, might have been a golden book but I’m not sure. Would have been early to mid-1960s. It was a story about bears, and it had blanks throughout the story where adjectives belong, and a page of adjectives at the end describing different types of bears (black, brown, and bare are 3 that I recall), which you would cut apart and draw from a bag or envelope each time a blank appeared in the story, in order to insert the words into the story. I’ve searched online all kinds of ways and can’t find it. Anyone remember this one? I’d love to know what it was called and maybe find a copy.

looking for an old children’s book that a friend remembers as having pugs in trees.

You’ll have more luck finding this is you repost it to our book search page
https://www.oldchildrensbooks.com/looking-for-a-book
I’d do it for you but then you wouldn’t be notified of a reply.
Thanks,
Suzanne

Hi, I am looking for a childrens book of fairy stories from around the 1920s to 1960s possibly early 1070s. It includes the story about a little girl who found a bracelet, chain or ring. When a fairy asked her if she has seen it, she lied and said she had not seen it. When a ring of flower grew around her, the fairy knew the little girl had lied so the fairy sent the little girl to a place where no one would believe her even when she told the truth.

i’m looking for a book i read when i was younger, it was about a boy who was meant to have a little brother but had a sister instead and she could talk even though she was a baby and their aunt did magic on the mum while she was pregnant. it was a children’s book but probably 7years+

You’re welcome! Glad I could help – and thanks for posting back!

Im looking for a book about a group of children who were instructed to grow a plant. Each child received a plant pot to care for. One child’s plant did not seem to be growing. NEvertheless on the day the children were to show their plants, the child placed his plant pot among all the beautiful other plants. The (?)judges choose the empty plant pot because …….spoiler. I dont want to reveal the ending. If you know the book, you ‘ll recognize my description.

Hi, I’m searching for this illustrated book i used to read as a child. All i remember from the story is that a lady walks through the night carrying a swaddled baby, loses the baby in a vegetable patch, possibly a pumpkin patch. She mistakes a pumpkin for the baby and carries it and later realises her mistake and goes back to find the baby. The book was a paperback, plain white with beautiful blue illustrations. I read it in the 90s, maybe 96,97. For some reason I also think it could be an Asian illustrator’s book. Any leads please??

Looking for a book my daughter read in early 90’s. Green cover story was about a knight named sir Frederick the fourth. Story had fear f dragon and darkness I think.

I am looking for a book I read as a child. The only page in the book that stands out is a little girl in a room with sewing items on the floor. Spool of thread, scissors, etc. Everything was drawn so fine and detailed. I cant remember, but I think the lttle girl was sitting in a chair or rocker. I just remember this one page. It has haunted me for years. It’s probably a book from the 50’s to early 60’s. I do believe the drawings were in color.

I am looking for a series of children’s picture books, all different stories. I remember them being thin, square, paperback, maybe 10-20 pages long. I read them as a kid in Australia late 90’s-early 00’s. I seem to recall the publisher had a picture of a white cockatoo in their emblem? I can only remember one of the books was about a little girl and either her mother or older sister, who were repainting their old house. On each turn of the page the house is a different colour of the rainbow chosen by the little girl, but she is ultimately unhappy with the way it looks each time, until the older girl suggests they use all of the colours. Ring any bells?

I’m looking for a book I read as a child, most likely published in the 1950s or 1960s, titled Dragon Run. It was about a boy who met a wizard that took him back into the past, to the American Colonial era. The Dragon Run referred to was the name of a creek, not a mythical monster.

I’m looking for a book I would check out from the library in the nineties. It was about a little girl who spends the day at the park with her mom. They meet another little girl with her mom there. They feed the ducks and have a snack. It’s a very short, light, children’s book.

Hello all. I am looking for a picture book collection of fairy tales I remember from my childhood.

But unfortunately, the information I remember is limited. My grandparents read it to me as a child and it was likely a book that belonged to my father, so probably published in the 50s, 60s, or 70s.

It was a picture book with several fairy tales in it. The one I remember specifically is Toads and Diamonds. And I remember an illustration of snakes coming out of a woman’s mouth. Possibly also contained Rumpelstiltskin.

I believe the book had red/orange on the cover. And maybe a dark-haired woman.

Not a lot to go on, but any help would be appreciated! I am a librarian and have searched for this for a while and haven’t found it.

Thank you!

I’m looking for a picture book that I loved as a child in the early ‘80s. My memory of it is vague, but it is about a cat family who live in a house in a city. One page of the book shows family portraits on the wall of the cats’ house, and one of the older brother cats had a hoop earring in his ear in his portrait.I think this brother moved away and the other cats are sad that he left.

Thanks for the reply! It wasn’t an Anastasia book though. I think it was much less well known and probably never heard from since 1980 or so 🙂

Hello. I am looking for a book i read in middle school. The covered was a hard red cover with no writing. On each page there was very minimal writing with little illustrations of foxes and other wild life. The book was about a young girl who goes on a journey and I think we turned into a fox. There was other fantasy elements as well as creatures like owls. All i remember was how much i liked the drawings.

Im looking for a book i read as a kid, around 1999 – 2001 if that helps. It was about the wonderus thing we have to be protected from sickness, the immune system. Featuring white blood cells, ear wax, nose hairs, and the brain being the last thing. Maybe more i dont know. If im correct it had a lot of purple on the cover.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help!