This sounds a little bit like Whale Rider: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_Rider

No it’s not this one but thanks for replying
I think it might be an American book
The bear is on his own for most of the book then everything turns out lovely for Christmas day

Maybe take a look at The Bears Merry Christmas by Carol North (also published as The Christmas Tree Book). It’s about the bear family getting ready for Christmas – but they go to a lot and buy the tree rather than cutting it down. They bring the tree home, cut the trunk so it fits in the stand, water it to keep it moist, hang lights, make paper chains, and hang the decorations.

Could be Once Upon a Time in the Meadow.

Dorrie the Little Witch books by Patricia Coombs?

I am looking for a children’s or YA book that was a portal fantasy about a child escaping down a staircase into a new world. They get lost in the unpleasant underground space. It is not Gregor the Overlander. Possible female main character. I remember it being a bit unsettling to read. I feel like the main character escaped down a staircase in a home belonging to a mean woman or women that she perhaps had to work for?

I am looking for a Princess and the Pea children’s book from the 1990s. It was more of a board book with a puffy cover. It was yellow on the outside.

Giants Are Very Brave People, by Florence Parry Heide.

Looking for a 1940-1950s “little golden book” type of book. Story about bears trying to get honey but the bear gets stung on his nose. Thanks for
Any help! My grandma read it to me and I believe it probably was a book my dad had as a kid.

I’m looking for a book I read as a child, that I think may have been the first I ever read of my own volition. It was a UK publication, though not sure if it would have been available elsewhere.

In my head it was called ‘The Wof’, though I’ve never found anything bearing that title after many fruitless searches.

The premise from what I can remember was that a kid or two finds/meets a tiny character called the Wof and take him to school. The Wof, or whatever it is/was, can fit in their pockets. He either has a love or an aversion to salt.

The book itself was around 63 pages long.

I read this around 1985 (at around six years old), but it may well have been around a bit longer, such is the longevity of books in school libraries.

I got a book from the library when I was very young, probably no more than 7. All I can remember is that it had really beautiful detailed illustrations in full color and that it was about a girl trying to rescue a boy (don’t know if they were related or friends or a couple). She had to go on a big quest to find him and along the way an ant gave her one of his antenna. If she put it under her tongue she could become small to help her get past some obstacle. An eagle also gave her a feather that allowed her to fly. I have a memory of an illustration of the girl crouching on a red rock cliffside or something. She had darker skin, so perhaps it was a Native legend? It was very epic. It’s stuck in my head for 40 years and I can’t seem to find it anywhere or even get a hint of what the title might be!

Looking for a kids book, I remember there was a girl that had (I think found) a gold chain necklace. It started to make her feel really wrong and I think there was a scene where she was in a swimming pool and it harmed her. When she figured out it was the necklace she put it down the pool drain?

Looking for the title of a children’s book where a man is having a tea party/ cup of tea and it start’s raining. The rain gets heavier and heavier and the man is swept away. However he continues to drink his cup of tea. I read this book as a child in the late 90s but don’t remember my copy of the book looking particularly new. In my memory, the man is wearing bright colours, some sort of hat and could potentially have a moustache however I wouldn’t count on my memory too much

Approximately when was it published – or at least, when did you read it? Was it set during or shortly after the Great Depression? Or in more contemporary times? (Lard sandwiches were pretty common depression-era food.) Was it set in a particular country or region?

I am trying to find a book I read about a girl who meets a boy that lives in the woods. He eats a sandwich made of lard for his lunch as his family is very poor. It is a mystery story and I believe their is a red cape featured or possibly a treasure. The lard sandwich is the thing I remember the most about the book/ The older I get the more the memory is fading. But, I had a huge crush on the boy in the story so read it many times over. I would love to read it again to see what my 10 year old self fell in love with. Thank you anyone that remembers this book.

I am looking for a very old book that my mother had when she was teaching. It was a story of a little boy, Jimmy, who spends the day at his parents’ grocery story. Probably from the 1940s

this book has been nagging at the back of my brain for a while and i can’t find any answers. it’s an illustrated somewhat-short book about this girl looking for her little brother who was taken by some evil dude or something, she receives a package with some magic thing (and her neighbor dies but i think that’s irrelevant) and goes to this wonderland-esque place with talking flowers, a super tall staircase, and i *think* there was also a talking bed but idk, i read this book back in the early 2000s, so i’m guessing it came out somewhere between 1999 and 2010. also, the cover was a blueish-teal-green and the title was one word. it may have started with an E, i don’t know. anyone have any ideas?? thank you!!

McBroom’s Zoo by Sid Fleischman.

After a tornado carries off all the topsoil from McBroom’s wonderful one-acre farm, he collects a variety of peculiar creatures that the twister had left behind and starts his own zoo, charging people to see the creatures – and using the money to have the topsoil transported back to his farm from the spot where the tornado had dropped it. Along the way, they must also fend off a hunter who wants to shoot the strange creatures so he can have them stuffed and mounted on his wall. Once McBroom and his wife and children (Will Jill Hester Chester Peter Polly Tim Tom Mary Larry and little Clarinda) have raised the necessary money, they drive out to a remote section of the prairie to release all the animals.

Among the animals in the zoo:

The Sidehill Gouger: an animal like a small mountain goat, with the tail and ears of a large jackrabbit. The legs on one side are long and the legs on the other side are short, so it can stand upright on the side of a steep hill.

The Desert Vamooser: a catfish that dislikes water and swims through the dust backward (tail first) to keep the dust out of its eyes.

A flock of Galoopus Birds: birds that look like sage hens, but nest on the steepest parts of the hill – and lay square eggs, so they won’t roll downhill.

…and of course, the Great Seventeen-toed Prairie Hidebehind, which almost no-one has ever seen because it’s always hiding behind something. It could be following you on its tiptoes, but every time you spun around to look, it would still be behind you. Not that anyone actually saw the hidebehind, of course. All they ever saw was its footprints – until the very end, when McBroom explains that he was finally able to see it when he accidentally sat on a porcupine, having mistaken it for a small stump – and of course, immediately leapt up and spun around quick!

I’m looking for a late 1970s or early 1980s children’s book that contained a collection of classic-ish (possibly all public domain) stories, and each story/chapter was printed on a different colored group of pages. One story was on pink pages, the next on green, the next on orange, etc. It was a thick paperback book, and the pages almost had a rough texture to them. If I remember correctly, there were some illustrations, buy they were just simple black print, like the text. It was probably a very cheap and low quality book, but my grandma used to read me stories out of it, and I wish I could find a copy.

This is a long shot, but could it be one of the Frances books by Russell Hoban? She was a badger, apparently, but I could see that getting mixed up in long-term memory. The books came out in the 60s but I remember reading them in the early 2000s.

Hi! Like everyone else, I’m trying to find a book. I read it ~2006 but my mom said she used to read the book when she was growing up. So that puts it in the 1980’s, possibly earlier. It’s a fairly short chapter book in the form of journal entrys about a dog, from puppyhood to when hes quite old. It skips in the years a couple of times, but stays in chronological order. You very briefly meet his dog family, but that’s right before he finds his forever family. I distinctly remember one part, I believe it’s the puppies first night with his new forever family, but the puppy (male) describes how the mom puts a clock under a blanket for him to sleep on so he fall asleep faster since it sounded like his dog moms/siblings heartbeat(s). It was a well loved book, but unfortanately by the time I got the book, it had already ripped down the center, but from what I remember, it was a soft cover, light blue book, and I want to say the dog was a golden retriever puppy maybe? Appreciate any suggestions 🙂

If it might have been a little man, take a look at The Amazing Adventures of Chilly Billy by Peter Mayle.

“Once you’ve met Chilly Billy and heard of his adventures inside the refrigerator, you’ll never open the fridge door in quite the same way again. Chilly Billy is a fun and lovable character with adventures like the Fridge Olympics and the Frozen sports contest against his arch rival The Mad Jumper. Seven short chapters geared to children under ten.”

The King’s Equal by Katherine Paterson.

On his deathbed, the wise old king decrees that his arrogant son will not inherit the crown until he marries “a woman who is your equal in beauty and intelligence and wealth.” Angry, and misunderstanding this “blessing,” Prince Raphael sets about impoverishing his people and rejecting a procession of princesses who may excel in one quality, but never in three. In the meantime, Rosamund, a shepherd lass, shares the last of her grain with a hungry (but gentle) wolf; magically, his presence replenishes the grain and he recognizes her as queen-to-be. He sends her to the palace, where her wisdom and compassion charm Raphael. Still, he must now prove himself to her: leaving Rosamund to put his kingdom to rights, he repairs to her hut, where the animals help him learn cooperation, competence, and humility.

And from an online review: “I loved The King’s Equal because of its magical moments. For instance, when Rosamund said that there was no more grain to make bread with, the wolf said there was and there was enough to last them the whole year.“

Just because of the square eggs, maybe take a look at The Gillygoofang by George Mendoza, illustrated by Mercer Mayer.

“The gillygoofang is a fish with the face of a toothy Jim Backus. It bewilders all the trout in the brook not because it swims backward to keep the water out of its eyes but because it changes colors to trick the bigger fish; it bewilders all the fishermen in the brook not because it swims backward. . . or changes colors. . . but because it whistles to warn the little fish. The gillygoofang bewilders the gillygaloo, a bird which lays square eggs so they can’t roll downhill, not because. . . or. . . or. . . but because it lays square eggs too. After seven similarly surprising (but not equally sensible), constantly cumulating feats, the gillygoofang finally bewilders itself: caught at the edge of a waterfall, it has to swim forward to get back into the brook.”

“The Gillygoofang is a strange fish that manages to bewilder every other strange creature in the brook – the big and small fish, the fisherman, the hoopsnake, the bat, the bird that lays square eggs, etc – the book reads much like “The House that Jack Built” but is exponentially more entertaining. Can you guess how the Gillygoofang might bewilder himself?”

I think I found it!! Does this look right?

https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-that-Came-Alive/dp/B0006WC1FY

Okay. I’ve been searching for this children’s book for literally over 15 years. I was probably about 10 years old when I visited the Orem Library (Utah) 1993 ish. The librarian gave me this book telling me that I would probably love it. I read it, loved it, and that’s what got me started in my love of reading! I have since tried to find it with absolutely no luck. Here I will dedicate a post in the hopes that someone, somewhere will know what I am talking about. Here are the few details I know about the plot.
-Main character is a young girl.
-Girl goes to live with her aunts (might be good friends of parents and not relatives)
-Things seem normal except the girl is forbidden to read from a certain book the aunts have.
-One day the aunts get kidnapped and the girl must go into another world to find them.
-The girl has a companion that is a little dwarf, gnome, or other weird creature.
-As the girl progresses in her journey she learns new spells that help her progress.
-At one point the girl must get a new guide given to her by the bad guy (maybe) but she knows a spell that forces her old companion to tell the truth if the new guy is trustworthy so she gets a different one.
I know these details are really random but perhaps a random google search will get some stranger’s attention and they can help out

Hello! I’m looking for an older children’s book (probably 80s or 90s). The illustrations were beautiful. I want to say a father sent his daughter to live in the snowy cabin by herself. A wolf would come to her and ask to share a meal with her. She says something along the lines of “I would love to, however the grain bin is empty.” But the wolf can somehow enchant there to be more grain. The girl makes bread for her and the wolf to share. I specifically remember two illustrations: one that has a king dying with all his nobleman around, and the second is the girl baking bread while the wolf sits at the table eager for her to finish. I used to love this book as a child and would love to share it with my son now. Thank you so much!

This book likely came out in the 90s.

There was a book with a tiny creature (maybe a dinosaur) that was living in a refrigerator/freezer. On each page, there were illustrations of the character going through the jungle (in a salad) or maybe skiing (in the freezer). On the final page, it was revealed that the book was taking place inside of a refrigerator with the backdrops being different meals. I can’t remember much else but was hoping someone might know what I am talking about. Thank you!

I remember a book when I was a kid (early 90s) that was illustrated and had a raccoon asking for a bowl of rose water. I know it’s vague but for the life of me I can’t remember anything else! Help!

Looking for an older childrens book about colors. It started in a land without color, then through a crystal colors began to appear. Each page featured a different color with a hole peeking to the next color on the next page. The end had the whole rainbow. One page was indigo.

This idea is used in the story “Vegetables” in the book Lionel at Large, by Stephen Krensky. I saw a reference to the story being included in a basal reader (title unknown), which might account for the phrase showing up in different places online (“the babysitter told him he had a vegetable shelf,” etc.), if it was used in a lot of schools.