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I am looking for a book I read as a kid that I know was titled Pongo and Perdita. It is the YA chapter book from which the Disney movie 101 Dalmations was made. It was told in the voice of the dogs. The reason I remember the title was because when I looked at it, there was no cover picture, just a plain brown binding and the names were written on the spine and seemed odd to me, so I was intrigued.
Well this is a puzzle. The original book by Dodie Smith was called One Hundred and One Dalmatians (not 101) London Heinemann 1956 and in it the dog mother and father were Missis and Pongo, while Perdita was a stray also looking for her pups. It does seem as if your book title implies the Disney plot. The Disney books were also very early. Is it possible that a librarian relabled the binding of your book? In French and German the Disney book is still called Pongo and Perdita. Perhaps you read it in another language as a child?
Wow you guys are awesome for helping and having this site. I am looking for this picture book that had to have been published late 70s early 80s at the latest. It had 70s style drawings (like a full spread of the sun and it’s rays kinda psychedelic but not very detailed) and it had a clear plastic thing it came with that changed the images as you slid it over each page. The plastic had ridges on one side (kind of like those plastic stickers that make the image move if you tilt it, not exactly holographic but kinda) I don’t know how to even describe that to search for it. We think the front cover was mostly white, and pretty sure it was just pictures. Very cool , that’s all I can remember.
This may be too obscure of a reference to add, but the drawings had that 70s style that I noticed were oddly similar to the drawings that were always in my spelling workbooks we did in school the 90s. You know …almost kinda like Tomis dePaola with the rounded edges and stylized like that…kinda more simplified. It was fun and pretty but the drawings and color were more simple.
Those illustrations that are printed on ridged plastic so they look different from different angles or appear to move are called lenticular pictures.
There were a number of books – particularly fairy tales books – that had lenticular pictures, but most of them just had a single lenticular image on the front cover, and then the pictures on the inside were photographs featuring puppets. I’m not aware of any that had a removable lenticular overlay that you could use on all the pages.
When it comes to straight-up 1960’s/1970’s psychedelic art, it might be worth taking a look at Peter Max’s books The Land of Blue, The Land of Yellow, and The Land of Red.
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My father brought me a book when he was away with the army reserve unit. (early 1980’s) It was a collection of illustrated children’s stories and included Mark Twain’s the jumping frog, the happy prince, an excerpt from the call of the wild, a piece from a story about a war horse. There was some Kipling in there too, I think. Also a short story about a man in a forest where there were dinosaurs -horrifying story for a kid. I’d give anything to find the title of this collection and purchase it for my daughter, as my copy was destroyed long ago. Any help would greatly be appreciated!!!!
This sounds like your book. Illustrated animal adventures stories (Brimax, 1984) adapted by Garaeme Kent and illustrated by Eric Kincaid. Kincaid has a very distinctive style – if you google his work you’ll definitely be able to tell if it was your book. But I think, given the list of stories it’s probably the one. The one with the prehistoric creatures is the chapter from Arthur Conan Doyle’s sci fi book Lost World – definitely an interesting choice for a child’s picture book! The jumping frog / by Mark Twain — For the love of a man, from “The call of the wild” / by Jack London — A Rough ride, from “Lorna Doone” / by R.D. Blackmore — Elephant hunt, from “Trader Horn” / by Trader Horn — Montmorency / by Jerome K. Jerome — The War horse, from “Black Beauty” / by Anna Sewell — Coyote, or the prairie wolf / by Francis Bret Harte — The Pick of the puppies, from “Jock of the Bushveld” / by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick — The Chase, from “Moby Dick” / by Herman Melville — It was dreadful in the forest, from “The Lost world / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
That’s definitely the one! I just pulled out my copy of The Eloise Wilkin Treasury, which contains abridged versions of her books. The story is Good Night (adapted from the story by Jane Werner Watson). In the version in the Treasury, which may be adapted from the standalone book rather than from the Good Morning/Good Night combo, instead of saying “Bedtime, sister!” the mother says “Bedtime, dear!” but everything else appears to be the same.
It contains the lines “Your brothers are going to sleep, and your daddy and I are going to sleep, so you will be all alone. Good night, my little wide-awake girl.”
“Good night,” said the little girl. I do not mind being alone. I will play with my toys.”
First she went to her dollhouse. But her dolls had been playing all day long, and now they were fast asleep.
“Well, then,” said the little girl to herself, “I will build with the blocks.” So she looked for her blocks, but they were all tucked away for the night.
“Oh,” she said. “Well, I will play with the Noah’s Ark.” But the Noah’s Ark was dark and silent. All the animals two by two were fast asleep. Mr. and Mrs. Noah were fast asleep, too.
I can’t find any cover images for “Good Night” as a standalone book, but it does look like it was available that way. When I look up the titles on used book searches, I can find both the two-in-one book Good Morning and Good Night and Good Night (by itself) listed. (I don’t see Good Morning listed by itself.) The publication date for Good Night is 1983, while Good Morning and Good Night was published in 1948, so it looks like you must have had the 1983 reprint of Good Night all by itself.
If you want to purchase a copy of the same edition you had, search for “Good Night” “Jane Werner Watson” and 1983.
Wow!!! I can’t tell you how much it means to me to find this book. I’ve been looking for years. I don’t have much left from my childhood and I’ve always wanted to find this book as it has a lot of sentimental value to me. Now I have a title to search for. Thank you!!!!!!!
I am looking for a book from the 80s. Maybe early 90s. It had animal characters and it was drawn beautifully. I remember there being rats/mice hidden throughout and a secret sealed section in the back.
That’s The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base.
“The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery (1988) is an illustrated children’s book by Graeme Base. In it, Horace the Elephant holds a party for his eleventh birthday, to which he invites his ten best friends (various animals) to play eleven games and share in a feast that he has prepared. However, at the time they are to eat—11:00—they are startled to find that someone has already eaten all the food. They accuse each other until, finally, they’re left puzzled as to who could have eaten it all. It is left up to the reader to solve the mystery, through careful analysis of the pictures on each page and the words in the story.”
Written in rhyme, the book includes large and lavish full-page illustrations of Horace’s opulent house and the events of the party, packed with hidden details. The author invites the reader to deduce the identity of the thief by examining the illustrations and making deductions and observations. Also among the details in the illustrations are hidden messages, ciphers, and codes for amateur cryptographers (for example, one page’s border consists of Morse code while another page set in the ballroom contains musical clues as to which guest is guilty). The biggest and most noticeable clue lies in a paragraph of ciphertext at the end of the book, which is to be decrypted, once the reader has discovered the identity of the thief, by means of a Caesar cipher mapping A to the first letter of the guilty animal’s name. The solution to the cipher confirms the answer to the puzzle and offers an additional challenge to the reader.
The final portion of the book contains the answers to almost all of the clues in the book (including the cipher), and how to solve them. These last pages are sealed together, as the reader is encouraged to try to solve the puzzles themselves first. This sealed section was absent from earlier prints of the book – but was available by mail.
There are supposed to be 111 mice hidden throughout the pictures in the book.
Looking for a vintage rhyming children’s picture book on names. Most likely published in the 60s. The lines I remember “tell me is your name pumpkin noodle snooker bane? When your mom calls you to lunch does she call you honeybunch?” I also remember it being a big picture book (this may be distorted by my child-size) with one line per page. Any ideas?
Haven’t found the book yet, but I did find this reference in a message board:
“when mother wants you home for lunch, does she call you honeybunch? or is
your name a silly name like schnitzledoodlesmoozleblame?…..”
Another mention:
http://lmnet-archive.iis.syr.edu/LM_NET-pre2003/2000/Dec_2000/msg00602.html
With Mama Squirrel’s help, I got led from one thing to another and found this. You can read the pages to the left.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/577940270/who-are-you-a-whitman-small-world?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details
Hi! I’m looking for a children’s book, probably from the 1970s about a pig that ate too much. I thought his name was Hamlet, but I can’t find it using that name, so maybe I’m wrong.
Edit – my sister reminded me that in the book the pig has a dream he’s eating food, but in real life he is eating the tail of the wolf who has arrived at the farm. He saves the day and the other farm animals rejoice.
Thanks!
Possibly What Happened to George? (A Rand McNally Elf Book)
That’s not it! But thanks for suggesting!
How about “Hamilton” by Robert Newton Peck?
https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Robert-Newton-Peck/dp/0316696536
Yes! Oh my goodness! Thanks so much!
Hi. I am looking for a YA picture book that was probably published in the 90’s. It was richly colourful and illustrated. The first page showed a ransacked office with a guy laying across a desk, dead. On another page, a warrior of sorts is putting their hand into a fire to reach a weird horseshoe-like symbol. There is an individual in the book who wears a mask that resembles something like a Shogun (weird mouth shape with fangs) and has long hair. I think it was a mystery picture book, and I think that dead guy laying across the desk left some sort of note saying something like “by the time you read this, I will be dead.”
Hi! I have been searching for this book for years and I can Google with the best of them. I am Canadian which could be relevant. Picture book likely published between the 80’s and early 90s. It was read to me as a child so the details are fuzzy. It was about a little boy named Wayney (unsure of spelling) who wouldn’t go to bed. I remember he often stated “don’t want to”. I seem to remember the cover being dirty peach colour but could be wrong. I think he may have been in a diaper in the book. Any help would be amazing. This has nagged at me for several years. Thanks!
Try this one: Mortimer, by Robert Munsch.
Perhaps you are combining details of multiple books? Mama Squirrel’s suggestion of Mortimer sounds like a good match for plot, but the name “Wainey” suggests one of James Stevenson’s books, such as We Can’t Sleep, What’s Under My Bed?, There’s Nothing To Do!, That’s Exactly the Way It Wasn’t!, We Hate Rain!, etc.
The books start of with siblings Mary Ann and Louie coming to their Grandpa to complain about some problem they’re having, then Grandpa tells them tall tales about how things were much worse during his own childhood adventures with his baby brother, Wainey. In the tall tales, Grandpa and Uncle Wainey are drawn as little boys – with moustaches.
I definitely was combining the books. The second I read Mortimer, I remembered that the song is from that book. I am almost certain you are right! A quick google search of the author and, though I haven’t found the exact book, one character on the cover of another looks 100% right. Thank you SO MUCH! This nagging feeling can finally end!
Hello, I’m looking for a children’s book that I read in the late 80s but may have been older than that. It may have been illustrated by Eloise Wilkin, and may have even been a Little Golden book, but I can’t say for sure. The illustrations looked like her’s. The plot was about a little girl who didn’t want to go to bed. After telling her it’s time for bed, her mom finally agrees that she can stay up, and tells her, “Good night, my little wide awake girl.” The little girl then tries to play with her toys, but one by one sees that they have all gone to bed. She sees her animals put away, Mr. and Mrs Noah are sleeping in the ark, etc. She eventually gives up and goes to sleep.
That sounds like a two-in-one Golden Book, Good Morning/Good Night, by Jane Werner, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. Good Morning is about a little boy who doesn’t want to get up – and Good Night is about a little girl who doesn’t want to go to bed.
Just adding a few images from the Good Morning/Good Night book:
“And every evening her mother said, “Bedtime, Sister! Hurry and get ready for bed!” But every evening, that little girl replied, “Oh, dear. I am wide awake. I still want to play.”
https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834525fe869e20240a49dcab2200b-500wi
“But her dolls had been playing all day long, and now they were fast asleep”
https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834525fe869e20240a44ff88c200c-500wi
Not to be confused with Eloise Wilkin’s My Goodnight Book and My Good Morning Book, which feature a very similar looking little boy and girl – but just follow them through their regular morning and bedtime routines.
This may be it! I’m wondering if there was an individual version of Good Night as I don’t see the line, “Goodnight, my little wide awake girl,” which I specifically remember from the one I’m looking for. Thank you so much for the info! I appreciate your help.
Hi I am looking for a book that was a collection of stories based on the rainbow. I guess that would be 7 stories with each relating to a different colour. I believe red was about a red squirrel, and orange was about an orange that rolled away and got lost in a village or something like that. It would’ve been published probably in the 70s or early 80s and I had it in hardback, maybe just smaller than A4 size (profile). My mum recalls the cover as being primarily blue (maybe a lot of sky). I’m in the UK which may be relevant I’m not sure!
I randomly remembered an image from a children’s book today, I think it was a Richard Scarry book. And it’s like a purple-ish cake but there is a pearl necklace baked into it. When I imagine it, it’s like you can see the silhouette of the necklace in the image of the cake, and then I think they were cutting the cake to get the necklace out.
I believe it was a picture book and not one of the story books.
Update – a friend helped me, it’s the Great Pie Robbery and I was mushing up the plot. The wedding cake has prizes baked into it, and there’s a concurrent search for Mrs. Pig’s pearls.
Thanks for letting us know the solution to your puzzle! Suzanne
The titles was something like Emmet and the ant or Emmets ant , the book cover was a pale olivey green from late ’60s early 70s. I’ve been looking for it for quite a while and its never appeared. Maybe it went out of print or was written in America so as I am in England I cannot find it anywhere. I think the book cover had a smallish picture of a boy and an ant, quite a simple line drawing. I can’t quite remember what it was about though… It was one of my favourite childhood books. More of a childs novel, I had the copy in hardback. I was about six at the time so its very hard to remember. If someone could find out what it was I’d be very grateful!
Hello, I am looking for a book that I read as a child. Unfortunately I do not know who wrote it or who the illustrator was. I do remember that it was about a family of monsters who lived together in an old house. The monsters all wore hats and liked to scare humans. They only monsters I really remember are a tall yellow monster with floppy ears and possibly a green hat, and a red monster who had a humanoid body above the waist,but was just a giant foot wearing a sock below the waist. All the monsters had tricks to scare humans. The only one that I remember is the sock moster’s, which he called his colour changing trick,he had to eat a traffic light to do it. I think it might have been published in the 80’s. If anyone has any idea what the book is called or even remembers it,so I know I didn’t imagine it, I would greatly appreciate any information. Thank you.
My whole family is trying to remember a book I read as a child, pre 1995. It was primarily illustrated, and I think the plot was roughly around the adventure of a young boy in the world of cowboys and Indians. I know there was an encounter with a wolf or a pack of wolves, the cowboys were the bad guys and were dirty, smoky, gun wielding and dangerous. Pretty sure the native americans were shown living in wigwams. It definitely featured a stereotypical “wild west” style locomotive with a big cattle catcher.
The main feature was the extremely memorable and evocative artistic style – the colour palette was very dark, lots of blacks and reds and dark autumnal colours, in a very bold 2D line-art or maybe etched style, with close ups of the characters faces. The tone was quite scary for a young child.
Unfortunately none of us can remember the name or the author.
Looking for a chapter book from the 70s. Main characters name was something like Beatrice Batstaffy and in the book the kids were doing a play. I believe the book was part of a series.
Hi,
I’m looking for a childrens book. I can’t remember a great deal about the book, but I think it was a little boy on a trike and his dad was raking leaves and he wanted to play in them. He travels on to different busy people and finally gets to his grandad who sits him on his knee….
Or he doesn’t have the trike yet and visits his grandad and he gives him a red trike.
I have a feeling it had a pile of autumn leaves on the front of it and either the wheelbarrow or a red bike/trike. I would have read it in the 1990s.
Good luck :/
Yes! This is the one! Thank you very much!!!
You’re welcome! Glad I could help.
I am looking for a book that might be specifically for children but it featured children regardless. It was hardcover and I believe yellow or warm-toned and its contents were pretty much different narratives from kids around the globe. The book was illustrated and showed the houses, maybe some family or activities the kids did, and some cultural cuisine. I remember there was an igloo home, a French home, a Swedish or Norwegian tent home, and I believe an African tribe as well. I know there were others, maybe a Middle eastern nomad tent. I can’t find this book anywhere. Thank you!
Possibly Come Over to My House by Theo. LeSieg (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss)? (There are several different versions of the cover, from the various reprints over the years.)
“The illustrations portray the various styles of homes that kids from around the world live in along with Seuss’s recognizable prose. Throughout the book they also cover what kids eat, how they sleep (Japanese wooden pillows), play (sledding on pine needles), and even clean-up afterwards (Polynesian hot spring).”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_over_to_My_House Is this it? I had this one as a kid and it seems similar or maybe the same.
Hi, looking for a children’s book from the 80s I think. All I can remember about it is a child is going on a walk through the city and there are wild animals all camouflaged in ordinary things around the city.
Hi! Unfortunately this is not the book. The one I’m looking for is an illustrated picture book, not horror. Thank you though!
I’m also looking for a book! It would have been published probably late 90’s/early 00’s. It’s an illustrated childrens book. Its about a kind of bratty, spoiled little girl who is punished by being shrunk into her dollhouse. Her dollhouse is very antique, and I clearly remember her trying to polish the black cast iron(?) stove. She is turned into the maid for the dolls and has to wear a maids outfit and all. I believe there is a talking mouse who aids her through her journey. I believe the girl had blonde hair? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Among the Dolls?
Satchelmouse and the Doll’s House by Antonia Barber.
“When Satchelmouse (a mouse-shaped, trumpet-playing character who seems to be about ten inches tall) grants Sarah’s wish to be the little girl in the dollhouse, he plays a trick on her: instead of becoming the ruffled, blond family darling, she is the servant girl, ordered about by all the other dolls. After a tough day’s work Satchelmouse magics her back to her own form; having learned her upstairs-downstairs lesson, she switches the clothes on the two dolls and puts the servant doll in bed for a much-needed rest.”
Looking for a children’s book- I have vague memories: The story is about little people who come out while we sleep to work at night- sewing the night sky and painting dew on roses, among other things. I would appreciate any help! Thank you!!
Looking for a book I read in the 80’s when I was about 12 or so. Cannot remember the title for the life of me. It was about a girl who had trouble reading, and I believe she was on summer vacation. She was messing around and painted a neighbors fence (?) a reddish color because she couldn’t read the name of the color correctly. She painted roses or flowers on it. At some point in the book, she went with some friends to the neighborhood swimming pool and they had hot dogs. I know all of this is just random, but it’s all I can remember about the book. I must have read the thing 20 times, and I can’t remember anything else. Frustrating!
Thank you very much.
Thank you. 🙂
Hi im trying to find a book
Its a middle school childrens fiction late 80s possibly early 90s
Pink cover on the cover is a cartoon classroom desk seating plan with individual square desks with the board at the front, with a paper airoplane flying across the class- similar to jacquline wilson design but not jacqueline wilson
The content is taking the class register, passing notes, typical classroom theme
I would really love this book again please help 🙂
Uk book
That sounds like Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Polacco.
“How much TV is too much TV? Welcome to Triple Creek, where the townspeople watch TV day and night. They watch it when they’re eating, working, playing, and sleeping. They even use TVs to teach the kids at school. But when Eli’s eccentric Aunt Chip (who refuses to own a TV) discovers that her nephew and her neighbors don’t remember how to read, she pulls the plug on the whole town, using books that have been piled high to build a dam to spread the magic of reading all around.”
https://booksmykidsread.blog/2016/07/19/patricia-polacco-and-a-love-affair-with-books/
“Eli loves his crazy Aunt just the same, and visits her almost every day. He is amazed when she tells him stories and wonders where they all come from. “Some come out of thin air. Some come out of my dreams. Some come right out of books!” Eli can’t understand how she gets a story out of a book because the town now only uses books as building materials.”
“The town is depressing and Aunt Chip has had enough. She shows Eli a book and teaches him to read. His knowledge starts to amaze his friends at school and he teaches them to read (along with Aunt Chip’s help). The kids start borrowing books from all over town, taking them from wherever they can find them. One day Eli pulls out a copy of Moby Dick from a large pile and accidentally opens up a floodgate of water which topples the television tower. As it starts to rain books, the town is finally given a sign about the importance of books and reading and the consequences of an addiction to television.”
Hi I’m looking for a digital picture book that I read In 2014, I have no memory of what the cover looks like but I have a very vivid memory of what it’s about although it’s not a hard copy it was an application on an iPad. This book was about a woman who was a Librarian and she swore to take care of the library until she died (she was a little girl), the author described her death as her floating up into the sky with balloons. After the woman died a gust of wind blew into the library and all the books came to life. The author illustrated each and individual little story within the books. Until one day a little boy comes into the library and see’s the library, the books get excited and ask the boy if he would like to take care of the books the boy says yes but unfortunately he becomes old and I think the story repeats the beginning. I would really like to be reunited with this book to share it with my children. If you have any idea on what the book is called I would really appreciate your help.
I am looking for a book that I think was called YaYa or maybe The YaYa. It was possibly from the 40’s or 50’s. The cover was green and I think it had a little elf pictured. It was about this little elf that helped out when people were sleeping or not looking. One of my favorites and it was lost in a flood. Would love to have for my grandchildren. I have had no luck searching, so thanks for anyones help.
The author of Ya-Ya is listed on the cover as Ana Dor, but her real name was Georgiana Dorcas Ceder. Here’s a review:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/ana-dor/ya-ya/
Does anyone remember a children’s picture book about a society who forgot how to read and just used books everywhere for everything. They built houses out of books and put them everywhere.
Hi, I’m looking for a book where a little girl is packing a suitcase. Whenever her sister would ask something like, why are you packing socks? She would say things like, “Oh, in case my socks get wet in the swamp” She packs things like spare batteries, candy and change and even some more ridiculous items. At the end of it, she gets into bed. and it is revealed that she was packing all that stuff in case she needed it in her dream. I was pretty young when i read it, so I am thinking early 2000’s.
Hi everyone. Like you I’ve joined the search for a missing childhood book. This book I believe why I still have fun and random dreams about flying. All I can remember is it’s about a boy who I believe was lost in the woods. He was found by I believe ducks and they took care of him. Eventually he had a suit or some how he had their feathers on him and that made him be able to fly. He was later rescued or found by his family and returned to being a normal boy which I don’t think he was happy about. One day outside at school he heard ducks(or could be another type of bird but I feel it’s ducks) fly over head. He then begins to run and and flap his arms and he then flew over the school wall. He possibly was seen by other children. Sadly this is all I can remember. I am 33(born in 87)now and I had a few books from my parents that carried over from the 80s. I would very much love to be reunited with this book. Thank you all for your time! ❤️
Try this: Arnold of the Ducks, by Mordecai Gerstein.
Arnold of the Ducks by Mordicai Gerstein.
“A little boy, Arnold, is carried out of his baby pool by a pelican who mistakes him for a tuna fish. When the pelican realizes his mistake, he drops Arnold into a forest and flies away. Arnold finds himself in the middle of a family of ducks. The mother duck, Leda, feels sorry for the boy and decides to raise Arnold as one of her own. Arnold lives with the ducks for three years and thinks of himself as a duck. He even learns to fly with the help of his duckling brothers who attach feathers to Arnold’s body. One day while flying about, Arnold gets tangled in a kite and falls nearby his house where his family’s dog finds him and brings him home. His parents do not understand why he is covered with feathers and quacking like a duck. Slowly Arnold learns how to be a boy and goes to school. Meanwhile, on the edge of the forest where Leda lives, a shopping mall is being built and bulldozers are preparing to clear the land. When Arnold finds out what is happening, he becomes worried about Leda and his duck brothers. While in the school yard, Arnold sees his four brothers, who are fully grown, flying out of the forest, but cannot see Leda anywhere. Arnold learns from his duck brothers that Leda is waiting in her nest for four new eggs to hatch. Realizing what will happen to Leda if the bulldozers reach her before he does, Arnold flies into the forest to save her.”
I can find a book by Elizabeth Fraser published in 1939 titled “The Roads of dreamland” Publisher is J Nisbet & Co and it is definitely stories for children. The only other reference I can find to it is an inclusion of a story from that book in another anthology. That story is titled either “The Panda and the Fox” or
“Panda Bear and Mr. Fox”. The cover of the book appears to be deep red and gold in a tiled/checquered pattern of a child on a road but it may have had a dust jacket in the colours you describe.
Hello. This is probably a long long shot. The book I read involved a girl who was very messy – her room was messy. Her sweatshirt was oversized because she was small. It was a mystery, since all I read were mysteries as a kid. I would love to be reunited with this book.
Hi, I am trying to locate a book my father read to me as a child every night so I can read it to my own children, however i can only remember one line of the book. It was a farm book regarding a farmer and his wife , their son and their animals, and there was a line “and the baby said mmmmm” when he was eating his porridge. Not much to go on I know but any help would be really appreciate!!
Hello I am searching for a childhood book which I would love to find again. It was called Roads to Dreamland. It was a series of short stories and my favourite was called The Blue Rise. The cover of the book was a chequered pattern of purple and white and that ius all I know. I had the book in about 1950.
Lyn
I read this book when I was in elementary I think. It’s about a teenage/pre-teen boy who is taken by natives, or rescued. I think he has blond hair. He is brought into the tribe and taught how to hunt. One of his hunts is a moose I think, but he’s too scared to go near it, and it bleeds to death or something and I think the meat is bad, or he’s just scolded because he left it in pain, I can’t remember. He has a paint horse that I’m pretty sure is a made named beans. He saves a native girl from a bear. In the end he goes back to the white people
Back in the late 70s or very early 80s I read a ghost story that I loved but was also terrified by and I have never been able to remember the title. I’ll do my best to give the main details I remember.
There was a girl (maybe pre-teen?) who was living in a house with her Dad (I think her Mom may have passed but not sure) and she was given an antique brush and mirror set (I think the mirror was handheld). She started seeing the image of a young girl about her own age in the mirror (they did not interact) and was fascinated by her. After a to time she realized the girl was unhappy. Eventually someone murders the girl in the mirror and while the modern girl watched this happen she felt she was also being strangled. I don’t remember how she avoids dying, but afterwards they find out the history of the girl who had owned the mirror in the past and that she really had been murdered by a family member (for her inheritance?).
Anyway, that’s really all I remember from it. I don’t know if I owned it or if it was a library book. But I was reminded of it after one of my kids brought home a Mary Downing Hahn book and decided to try and find the one I’d read. Any suggestions would be great!
This sounds very familiar. Could it be Mirror of Danger by Pamela Sykes? Ghost Behind Me by Eve Bunting?
Hi! Im looking for a book that I used to read when I was a child (early 2000’s), the only things I remember are that it had a warm yellow-ish hard cover, forest related and the illustrations were very delicate. I can’t remember what exactly was about but it had something about seasons. Sorry for my english and thank you very much!
Looking for a book read to the class by my teacher in year 5 in 1993. The teacher did not finish the book so don’t remember the plot. The only plot I remember is a teenage or pre-teen boy was sent to live with his uncle (or another older male relative) who lived on an island which was only accessible by a small tinny. The teenage boy had to do chores to help live and didn’t want to so at one part intentionally cut his leg with an axe but then realised it only made the work seem harder as he had to do it anyway but now with the pain of the cut which his uncle stitched up. The book seemed to be reaching a climax with a detailed description of a big storm rolling in but that was as far as the teacher got and the year ended. It’s possible that maybe the uncle became injured or dies in the storm and the boy had to fend for himself or do something to rescue him but that’s a guess….any ideas?
There are similarities to The Cay, but they were shipwrecked and there was no leg-stitching.
Just a guess: Storm Island, by Jean MacKenzie.
I’m looking for a children’s book about a young knight and a dragon. The dragon sees the boys shadow and thinks the boy is much bigger than he really is.
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Hi, When I was a child (late 50’s, early 60’s) a neighbor gave me two paperback books. One of them I did locate but no luck with this one. I hope my memory is accurate. It was a small paperback, maybe 7″x5″ and about 1/4 ” thick. I believe it may have been published by a Catholic company in the 1940’s ( possibly a little earlier or later). I think the cover was taken from a photo. It was all brown tones with a prominate image of a young girl’s head and shoulder with loosely curly hair brown hair maybe with a yellow ribbon. I believe she had some sort of a facial disfigurement and lived with the nuns. I can’t remember but I think she had a tumor and I believe she died. The other book was ‘Karen’ who has Cerebal Palsey. Both books were about young girls with physical/health problems. Both books made a huge impact and I reread them several times. I would love to read ‘Maryanne’ again. Thank you in advance.
Well, the second book is Karen, by Marie Killilea. It shouldn’t be hard to find a copy.
Oh, re-reading: you do have a copy of Karen, but you’re looking for the other one?
A Memoir of Mary Ann.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1133893.A_Memoir_of_Mary_Ann
Trying to remember the name of children’s story from 1900-1940’s about a little girl who is left alone to clean up her house in the forest :). Teaches how to master the art of ‘one thing at a time.’
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I’m looking for a book I read as a child. I’m 42, but from.the illustration s I believe it was older than I am. Probably 50s or maybe 60s. It may have been a Little Golden Book or something similar. It was about a young boy who I believe lived in a big city (I seem to remember an apartment building). He was getting ready to go to a parade with his Mom and Dad. He loved horses. He ends up getting separated from his parents and ends up meeting all kinds of people and their horses, until he comes upon a police officer on horseback who lets him ride up on the horse with him through the parade, where his parents see him. He also carried sugar cubes in his pocket, to feed the horses.
Thank you for your reply! I have checked out the titles you suggest but unfortunately it isn’t any of those. Thank you though!
Another was this book we read in I think 3rd grade, where a little Indian and Cowboy toy come to life for this boy, and they argue at first but become friends? I think, near the end of the novel, there was a way for the boy to enter their world? And he entered it specifically as a piece of paper on a teepee? And the Indian had a wife named Bright Eyes. Or maybe I’m thinking of two different novels?
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks, probably from the fourth in the series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Indian_in_the_Cupboard
There we are! Thanks!
Let’s see, I’ve got a few books in mind…
There was this huge book filled with a lot of different stuff, such as, I believe, dogs or bears knocking over paint cans to show kids different colors, or a big page where it showed a Denmark Castle, and animals going through it, pretty sure anthropormphic. I just remembered talking to my friend “Oooh, I wanna go see this castle!” as a kid. I don’t remember much about it.
It may have been a yellow hardback? I’m unsure. But it was a variety of different stuff, primarily aimed for children, and had anthropormphic animals.
Maybe The Color Kittens which is A Little Golden Book?
Maybe The Color Kittens which is a Little Golden Book?
This book is “Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever”
I’m after a book I read growing up 94-99, about a rabbit, I think, and his buddies who live in an underground complex by the sea. I remember cool illustrations of their home in the book and it definitely came with an accompanying audio book,on tape of course. I can’t remember much else unfortunately. A few details – they had a hurricane bunker they would go down to when it was really rough, and they used to slide down to the beach, clutching tufts of marrem grass for support. Those might even be direct quotes. Any help? Thank you 🙂
Hmm is it by any chance Rabbits and Raindrops? Lots of gorgeous illustrations about a family of rabbits hiding out from a storm. Some other animals come into the hideout to get out of the rain.
Otherwise, does “The Big Storm” by Nancy Tafuri ring a bell? It’s got some animals hiding out from a storm together in the form of a counting picture book… but it came out in the 2000s, not the 90s..
It also reminds me a little bit of “The Animals of Farthing Wood” – there’s a storm shelter story that might be it.
I feel like none of these are dead on – hopefully someone else can help more. Please let me know if any of those stories fire up any more memories about your book.
OK so I will be honest, I am afraid to look and see if I still have this book because I was recently kicked to the streets by my father and most of my belongings were thrown out. I say I fear this because this particular book was a gift from my mother after their divorce. My mother passed away 3 years ago and that was the most precious item I still had from my childhood from her. Unfortunately I cannot remember the name Of this book and if I find that my father did throw it away I know that I will never forgive him. So I am trying to find a replacement before I even look to see if it is gone because if it is and I cannot replace it he is dead to me.
The book itself was about 10″ long by 6″ wide, light purple in color, with what looked like a piece of notebook paper laying across the page. The piece of notebook paper contained the title and author information in a kind of A nice script type of print and a picture that appeared to be a drawing of a Teddy bear. The book itself was a collection of small poems, Reassuring messages, positive affirmations, and overall emotionally supporting dialogue. I cannot remember exactly if it was directly aimed towards a son as per my particular situation. But the general message was this is “something to read when you are needing reassurance and I can’t be there”.
I can never replace the personal message my mother included it in the copy she bought me but if I can at least replace the book I won’t be as devastated if I find that my father threw out the book, as it is if he did I probably won’t ever forgive him anyways.
I’m seeking a child or young adult age book. I believe it takes place in Haiti and is about a boy running from these Voodoo people. I remember very clearly the way the author describes him hearing the drums playing in the background never stopping. The title may have included words like Drum and Bang but I can’t recall. It was an orange, pink or red color. It was probably published between the 50’s and 80s.
Thanks!
Maybe this one? Secret of the Red Drum by Willis Lindquist (1958)
The Horn book description : A plantation in Haiti in 1802, Haitians in revolt against the French, voodoo drums in the jungle — these make an unusual background for a very good story.
The Standish family, American owners of the plantation, must leave it to escape the wrath of the native Haitians aimed, with considerable justification, at all white men. To cover his family’s escape, Kit Standish, the thirteen-year-old son, must stay behind to face danger alone. His own escape is secured by his friend Teebo, a native boy, who seems for a time to have betrayed Kit. The relationship between the two boys is interesting and well-handled, and the story is packed with action, suspense, and mystery.
There are two books I am looking for. Both children’s books. Both about 30-40 years old. The first is about a puffin who looks out to sea what does he see . Oh nothing nothing at all. The other is about a boy who wears striped pajamas and Everytime he gets in trouble the zebra did it. It’s not the same book as ” The boy in the stripped pajamas”. Totally different book. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
The puffin one is called “What Spot?” by Crosby Bonsall. It’s an I Can Read book.
So glad to have helped! I’ve been trying to solve my own book mystery so I know how it feels to look forever!
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I am looking for a book that was read to me as a child in school. It was in the 90s around 94-99 sometime in that range. It’s a story of a boy who gets stuck at an old woman’s house ( she is babysitting him) because his mom works and the woman is a witch of sorts and they make all sorts of spells. There is a water fountain at school that has soda, they make a chocolate man to give chocolate for his class election with all the kids in the class name. It was a truly magical book and I don’t know the title, and sadly I can find no results of anything. If anyone knows I would love to find out
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Im looking for a book of stories that I read in 1969, in Canada. I’m not sure that matters. It was a book of separate stories, each one involving an adolescent dealing with a difficult, life threatening experience that forces him to be brave. In one story, a boy is watching over his farm or an animal in particular. They are attacked by a huge bird- (eagle, or condor?) and he must fight it off til morning. Another story finds a boy and girl alone on an island (not sure how), and, though they are within view of the mainland, it seems too far to swim? They open very old tin cans of food to survive. Another has a young boy who has moved to a new town. At the beach all the local kids swim through tunnel beneath the clliff. Its a sort of rite of passage, and he must do this to fit in. This book affected me deeply. I’d appreciate any help. Google books offered up Betty Friedans book on The Feminine Mystique, or something. Bizarre.
I’m not sure about the other stories, but the last one sounds a lot like Doris Lessing’s “Through the Tunnel”. Perhaps it was included in a Canadian anthology?
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Hi, I’m looking for a book I read as a child. It was about a boy who befriends different animals in the jungle (It’s not The Jungle Book). I remember the boy befriends a wolf, he also meets a gorilla, a rogue elephant, an ostrich and other animals. I remember the situations the animals went through were very realistic. The illustrations were in black and white and looked like something in the line of Lewis Carroll’s illustrations for Alice in Wonderland, which makes me think this book was originally published in the early part of the last century, though I read it in the early 80’s. I remember the ostrich dies trying to defend his eggs, among other very dramatic encounters the boy had in the jungle that kept me hooked to the book, but also scarred me a bit, Lol! I’ve tried googling it every which way, but I always get The Jungle Book. I hope you can help me find it.
looking for a book about a little boy with a blue blanket/blankie who is going to start school soon and his mom tells him he can not take his blanket to school. She cuts it in half, and then 1/4s and so on until it is a tiny square he can keep in his pocket during school
That’s similar to Owen except he’s a mouse with a yellow blanket
The only thing I can remember about the book is that it has red/pink ink, the family liked to collect things from cereal boxes and put them on the outside of their van. They noticed some missing but never found them until the younger brother had an awful stomach ache and the x-ray showed he had eaten the trinkets. I think there may have been a circus or carnival but I’m not sure. If anyone has any ideas I’m all ears.
The boxcar children had a story called the cereal mystery, about a cereal box and some other jewelry and trinkets going missing. The cover is a pink/red/magenta shade, with a tagline “Who is the hungry thief”. Could this be it?
I’ve been looking for this book for over 20 years, including pulling out everything from my old parents attic and digging through every box in the house. I’ve searched online for years and never found it. It was a picture book collection of myths for children with some great illustrations, I remember the cover under the sleeve was red. I’m pretty sure it was a celtic/irish/ myth collection, but it could have been Australian, Scotland or any of the British isles. A story my whole family can remember is about a poor boy who has to use a soup pot on his head as a helmet. He defeats a giant monster cat that has been terrorizing the town, by waiting for it to pounce over him, and stabbing its one weak point – a spot on its belly the size of a grain of salt or sand. I remember one detail is that when the cat roared, it was so terrifying rivers stopped flowing.
Help me solve this mystery! And thank you so much for setting this up.
I’m looking for a collection of stories which I read in the early 2000s. I’m unsure whether they could be purchased in print as I am visually impaired and only had the cassette tapes. I believe they were called something along the lines of ‘Stories for 7 year olds’. I only remember a few of them clearly, and they were really strange but I recall enjoying them. The first book had a boy in it who thought he’d got a fly in his ear. It was the middle of the night and he woke his siblings up to tell them. They went downstairs and make potato cakes… I told you it was strange 😀 Another one I remember had a princess who was a tomboy and she hated the prince who tried to rescue her.
I’d really appreciate someone being able to find this. 🙂 Thank you.
The fly story is In the Middle of the Night, by Philippa Pearce. The second one might be The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch.
I posted that first–the princess story must be The Princess in the Tower Block.
I think you want The Puffin Book of Stories for Seven Year Olds.
CD 1: In the middle of the night / Philippa Pearce —
Beauty and the beast / retold by Michael Foss —
Back-to-front day / Paul Biegel —
How the camel got his hump / Rudyard Kipling —
The old man who wished he coulda cry / John Agard —
The snowman / Mabel Marlowe. CD 2: Small gorilla and the parsley / Anita Hewitt —
The princess in the tower block / Finbar O’Connor —
Kevin the blue / Caroline Pitcher —
The wind that wanted its own way / Alex Hamilton —
The dress / Joan Guest.
Hi, I am looking for a book for my brother from his childhood,
He only remembers the following: One male Christian; Retreats and camps; Some self discovery; Possibly a chocolate theme or addiction; Glasses. Andrew possibly the narrator.
Paperbacks of 200 odd pages. 1980s and 90s.
If no one gets a closer match, it might be The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, a boarding school rather than a camp vs. locals.
Thank you so much. I will check with him 😊
Thank you for trying but sadly this isn’t the one
I’m seeking a book that contains a story/poem passed verbally from my grandma to me. It was from a collection of stories in a children’s book and would have been published in the late 30s or early 40s.
The story is fairly short, “The Tale of the Little Pink Pig” (he wasn’t very little, but wasn’t very big. He wasn’t very thin, nor even very fat, but he always wore a feather in his Sunday hat).
Any thoughts?
Looking for a short story that may have been in a school reader from the late 1970s or early 1980s (possibly third grade level?). It is about a boy and girl whose mothers sew them matching bunny rabbit costumes for a Halloween party. They are about the same size and they hop in and out of the room in their costumes and confuse their mothers on who they are. They keep their identities hidden at the Halloween party, and when a mother picks them up after the party, they switch and go home with the wrong mothers. Thanks for any help in finding this story!
I’m looking for a childrens picture book – It was about a little black girl who was invited to a party and wants a fancy dress, but her family can’t afford it and her grandma hand makes her one instead. And then when she gets to the party all the other girls are wearing the same dress in different colors and she has the only unique one!
Does anyone know or remember this book???? The illustrations looked like watercolor, very bright and colorful.
Goodbye, Ruby Red by Geraldine Kaye.
“The doll Susie cuts out of paper becomes not only disagreeable but difficult to manage.”
It was “Good-bye, Ruby Red” by Geraldine Kaye (1976) The doll Susie cuts out of paper becomes not only disagreeable, but difficult to manage. I remember that one because it sounded like a book I would have loved.
Thank you both so much, I really appreciate your help. I hope I can find a copy. Would love to read it again
Try down in the woods by nicola smee. Its not as old as that but story seems the same
I posted on here some time ago and I recieved an answer which I dont seem to be able to find on here, if anyone can help me find my post from a year or two ago that would be amazing. If not….
I am looking for a childrens book from the 1970’s or 80’s about a young girl who is ill (or may have broken her arm) and she makes herself a paper doll. The doll is really naughty and plays with scissors and I think it ends with her setting herself on fire with matches
I read it repeatedly as a child, im sketchy on the details but remember it being quite a dark tale and I would love to find it again. Thank you!
YES! Thank you so much!
No problem – it looks like a great book. Might have to hunt down a copy myself!
Two children’s books I’m trying to identify.
First, a boy joins a new school and unknowingly joins a classroom of ghosts, pupils who were killed on a school trip on the Autobahn in Germany. The brother of one who of the victims is a bully who has to come to terms with his grief.
Second, the story of a young, talented musician who develops a hump on his back (the devil) while preparing for a concert because of a local hill and its legend. UK books I believe. Both books pre-1990 I would think. Any help appreciated.
I am looking for a children’s book from the 1960’s and the only thing I remember is line that said “what does the kinkajou do?” or something like that. I was about other animals but one page mentioned the kinkajou.
Thanks
I’m looking for a children’s book, but don’t remember much about it. All that I can recall is that it was a collection of different stories all about animals in a jungle. I think there was a character named Patricia the Parrot and Ella the Elephant
The book I’m looking for is about a princess (?) from a world where they had magic — they could just think about what they wanted and then have it. At first she’s very upset about the rule that they’re basically not allowed to use this magic, but then goes on an adventure with a group of buddies and goes back in time to when everyone could use whatever magic they wanted. One of the buddies was a commoner, so when she met the commoner, she lied about her name and said that it was “Letecia” (sp? Letishia? Leticia?) which was the name of the founder of peace and order in their land (she didn’t want the commoner to know she was the princess). When they’re back in time, the princess uses telepathy to tell all the chaos-makers about her land (the future) where everything is peaceful and orderly. They ask who this wise woman is, and the commoner friend (who was turned into a tree, I think there was an illustration?) says that her name is Letecia, which is how the princess became the woman she resented in her childhood for making magic orderly. I think she teleports back to her own time right after the message of peace and order?
I think I read this in the late 90’s or early 00’s, so it was probably from around that time or before that.
Desperately seeking a child’s book about an older couple who discover treasure eventually. As you go through the book it shows how to make an origami box that then becomes a boat and then a boat with a box in its middle. I can’t remember the title or author but it was in colour and I had it about 25 yes ago. Thanks.
Hi. I’m looking for a children’s book from the 70 s. about weeds that were thrown over a fence. They had faces and I think talked. The illustrations had yellows and oranges.
When i was at school in the 60s,we were asked to write a poem to be published in a book,i don’t remember what it was called,and the school has gone now,but it was Heathcote in Ash,i would love to track down this book,if anyone could help.
Hi, I hope someone might be able to help me! I’m looking for an old story, possibly in an encyclopedia, about an elf who painted the town red and whilst doing this accidentally splashed paint on a bird which became the Robin Redbreast. My mum used to have this story read to her as a child by my nan who is no longer with us and I would love to find it for her! Any ideas? Thank you x
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Hi! Can any of you identify this book?
I remember the plot centering on a boy who’d had a recent bereavement (think it was his mum) and his coming to terms with it. His name might have been Matthew.
A gull who I think was the boy’s pet features and it’s named Bono.
Throughout the book are lyrics from U2, mostly Joshua Tree era so written post Joshua Tree. I think I read it late 90s/early 2000s.
Any ideas?
Maybe this one? “I carried you on eagles’ wings” by Sue Mayfield (1991)
Deeply worried about his mother, whose terminal illness is approaching its final stages, Tony finds distraction by rescuing a gull with a broken wing and nursing it back to health Republished as “On Eagles’ wings’ in 2004. The Kirkus review does mention that he was into rock.
There’s a sequel called ‘A time to be born’ (and republished as Patterns in the Sand
Possibly this one?
I carried you on eagles’ wings by Sue Mayfield. (1990) Deeply worried about his mother, whose terminal illness is approaching its final stages, Tony finds distraction by rescuing a gull with a broken wing and nursing it back to health.
In one of the reviews it says he’s into rock music. It was republished in 2004 as ‘On eagles’ wings’. There’s also a sequel called ‘A time to be born’ also republished under the title ‘Lines in the sand’ 2005
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hello I’ve been looking for this book since forever, i don’t remember the title or author and my memories are a bit choppy. I do know that this book at times was read in my school library and it also had an audio which made this book even scarier when i was younger. it was around the year 2004-2006. It’s a book where the plot takes place in a house or cabin in the snowy woods and there’s guy who starts hearing something, like a creature outside. That thing starts making a screeching sound and the noise keeps getting closer and closer and at the end of the book it gets him. If i can recall the creature thing was like a hairy animal. That’s all i can remember I hope to finally end this search soon.
Tailypo? The creature gets closer and closer, saying, “bring me back my tailypo.”
If anyone could help me identify a children’s book I read in the 1960s I’d be very grateful. I borrowed it from my local library (SE England). It was, I think, an English book, and it featured three or four children who met the god Mercury, and also went to the planet Mercury.
It was not science fiction but an imaginative story, and was, I think, written probably in the 1950s. Each of the children had separate adventures in separate chapters.
Hi, hope you aren’t getting too overwhelmed by these! I’m looking for a book series I borrowed a few books of from my elementary school’s library, so the publish date couldn’t be any later than about 2004-2005, and probably not any earlier than the 1980’s, due to the styling of it? The setting was a town populated with anthropomorphic rabbits, and all of the furniture and decor was also rabbit and/or carrot-themed. I sadly don’t remember much about the story itself, but it was pretty mundane outside of the setting itself?
I do also want to try and narrow it down by saying it very specifically wasn’t Beatrix Potter, Sylvanian Families, Max and Ruby, or Richard Scarry.
Thank you so much in advance
Hello,
When I was a kid in the mid 90s, my mom would take me to the library here in San Antonio, Tx. I remember an illustrated picture book about a boy and his friend or brother living among dinosaurs. However, only the boy was aware of them as the friend didn’t notice them. I can’t remember the title or the author for the life of me, but I do remember a image in the book where the two boys are in a boat floating in a pond while a large dinosaur swims under them. The artwork was well illustrated and I would love to be able to find a copy. If any of you can help it would be greatly appreciated.
I am looking for a book that my Aunt gave my son in 1985. The main character was a dog named Scruffy Fur Face, I think. It is sort of a Black Beauty theme in that this dog is loved by a family and then has a tragic thing happen and gets separated from them and has tragedy after tragedy happen until in the end he finally by some miracle ends up back with the family he originally began with. We loved this book and lost it. Would love to have it again.
Shaggy Fur Face. A favorite of mine as well, although it makes me cry every time.
Just as a point of interest, I recently had a book in stock published in 1788 by Elizabeth Newbery (the wife of THE Newbery’s nephew) Keeper in Search of His Master (Keeper’s Travels) by J. Kendall.
A very lifelike dog, “On market-day, Keeper was distracted by a basket of fowls. His master was out of sight “before our dog could persuade himself to leave the favourite objects of his allurement.” Through his many dangerous adventures, Keeper remains determined to be reunited with his Master. Minus the long poems and some of the philosophical ramblings, this is a wonderful tale, with the moral directed more at dogs than at children! Keeper remained in print during the next century and is often considered the first children’s dog story. ” Some books a bookseller hates to sell, but can’t afford to keep. I have them for a little while anyway!
Hello, could someone please help me find a book I have been searching for? Any information would be appreciated. I have been searching for this book for more than 10 years now, so publishing date must have been before 2010. I don’t remember any information from the front cover (title, author, illustrator, or front cover image); however, I do believe it was a hardcover copy. It might be categorized as a children’s picture book/history book. I don’t remember much in the way of text, other than (if I’m remembering this correctly) a bit of dialogue from some of the characters through word bubbles. I can’t recall if there is a main character; however, there are anthropomorphic cartoon animals depicting events throughout history. There are no humans in the book whatsoever. This next part might be wrong, but I think I remember that every time I turned a page, both the left and right pages formed one image/historical setting. There are 4 historical settings that I can remember: 1) Ancient Rome in the Colosseum with some of the animals in the arena (as either gladiators or chariot racers) and other animals as roman spectators. 2) The french revolution, I think it showed the storming of the Bastille. 3) It showed an attack on a fort, with some animal soldiers dressed in 17th or 18th century uniforms (white on the outside with red inside; Spanish maybe?) on the right side coming out from a fortification. They held either muskets or pikes and might have been fighting pirates (on the left). I distinctly remember seeing the red and white “Cross of Burgundy” flag (I believe it was atop the fortification on the right). 4) The wild west/gold rush. I remember that part of the image was in a town (with saloons and such), and another part of the image showed the inside of a mine with mine carts and pieces of golden nuggets. I think that in the town, some mean animals were shooting near another animal’s feet to make him ‘dance’.
Pretty sure that this might be Gary Chalk’s “Hide & Seek in history” (Published in 1997 by Dorling Kindersley) Scenes include Egypt, the French Revolution, the Wild West and the Elizabethan era amongst others.
Hello! I have been trying to remember this wonderful book my dad used to read to me in the early 90s…a little boy goes to bed, and it turns into a sailboat. He and his stuffed bunny set sail and they come across a whale (I think) and some monsters in the waves?
are you sure you’re not looking for Where the Wild things are
Bit of a long shot but maybe this one? Dream Boat by Emily George published in 1987.
I’m looking for a children’s book. The plot is two animals, one big and one small, debating o
n how to evenly cut I doughnut in half to share. They go back and forth the whole book and at the end of the book another larger animals come and takes the larger half. Any ideas are appreciated.I wish! But no. I’m intimately familiar with the Ender series. That would have been great if that was it!
I don’t believe it was Hothouse by Brian Aldiss, though some of the earlier covers are close to what I remember. I don’t thinkit was “Sold- For a Spaceship” either.
Well, shoot. I think I found it! Boy, is my memory patchy. I believe it’s “The Wall Around Eden,” by Joan Slonczewski, published in 1989. The synopsis didn’t sound familiar, but the cover sure is.
I found it, along with another book I’ve been searching for (“Alien Child”) on https://www.worldswithoutend.com, which lists books in certain genres by the year they were published. It’s amazing! Seeing the cover art for all of them is really helpful. I’d never have found that second book by its title, but seeing the cover did it for me.
Looking for a story that was in my classroom reader (2nd-3rd grade) in early 80s. All I really remember was the illustrations, cottage type homes in a lovely village which in the end all had gerba Daisy’s growing from windows
I’m looking for an old middle school book about a dystopian society surrounded by a desert where water is limited. I remember in the beginning of the book, the protagonist is taking care of an injured bird and he’s trying to sneak into one of the facilities to get water for the bird. I also remember his mother has cancer, and he finds out by a lump on her armpit. The rest of the story is pretty much the main character and his friends trying to find this place beyond the desert that has water. They build some sort of “land sailboat” to get to that place. I can’t remember the name of the book or the author, but I literally remember writing a book report on it back in elementary school. Please help !!
Also I remember the book cover being blue and grey, with the sailboat on the desert and a blue/grey silhouette of a bird in the sky.
Good luck. The Universities of Michigan and Oregon both have large Slavic language children’s collections, in case you are really stuck. Email me if so. This may have been a slightly older book.
Another book I’ve been looking for for over a decade was a YA sci-fi novel; at least, I think it was YA. I read it between 1986-1991, but don’t know when it was published.
Humans had been driven underground, perhaps by aliens. One boy sneaks to the surface and observes them. The aliens are like giant robotic wasps that will sting you if they catch you. I think he might have been able to commandeer one of the wasps and drive it somehow, with a girl from his colony.
I feel like there were images of dripping, green honey-like substance, honeycombs, a hive. I want to say something like “Queen of the Emerald Hive” or “The Green Vesper.”
Thanks!
Ender’s Game?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game
I’m searching for a picture book I had as a little kid in the early 80s, so it could have been published anywhere from the 1950s-1984?
I feel like the book was about changing your mind, or making choices, or saying “I don’t want to!” The main character – a girl, I think? – keeps changing her mind about where she wants to go that day. She and her mother, who I think has a baby on her back, wind up going to the Natural History Museum, but then she sees a big dinosaur there and gets scared. I remember a scene of her pulling her mom’s hand back down the steep museum stairs. Fairly simple illustrations, perhaps only line drawings.
A possible theme could have been that she kept changing her mind so they ran out of time to go to the zoo… she might have said “I pick the park!” at one point.
I’ve been looking for this book for over twenty years!
I’m looking for a kid’s seek and find book set in scenes from the Bible. It was basically a Where’s Waldo but you find several objects/people in each picture. There were at least 2 books, possibly more. We had them in the mid 90’s.
Here’s a few that may be what you’re looking for:
Sandy Silverthorne: The All-time awesome Bible search; In search of righteous radicals
Rhona Pipe: Where is Jesus? (1993) Where is Noah?
Daniel J Hochstatter – the seeking Samy Series including Sammy’s Fantastic Journeys With The Early Heroes Of The Bible: An Old Testament Adventure; Sammy’s Incredible Travels with Jesus and His Friends: A New Testament Adventure and a few more.
Danny Brooks Dalby: The amazing Bible journeys : a seek and find book (1995)
Rebecca Daniels made a whole series of hidden picture books but they look to be more black and white activity book style.
I’m looking for a book that I read when I was younger, probably in elementary school or middle school; I’m in college now. I can’t remember the title or author, but I remember a description of the cover and a bit of the plot. It was a young adult horror novel. The cover had a skeleton hand holding a calligraphy pen and writing the title in blood. I think the title had something to do with, “Dead Girls Don’t [Something]” or something like that. I think the book opens with the girl crashing her car into a lake and drowning.. and then writing letters from the dead? I’m not sure. Something to do with a dead girlfriend? I read a lot of young adult horror novels, so I’m trying not to blend multiple books together. The cover description is spot on though! Please help if you can. Much appreciated!! Lauren xx
Well, there’s Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters, but that doesn’t look just right.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/382865.Dead_Girls_Don_t_Write_Letters
It sounds very much like a Point Horror, but I have loads of them and I’ve looked through, but no images like you have described.
Here goes. I’m looking for a book that my family checked out of the library in 1984. I don’t remember the plot, but there was one “scene” in which a jester was telling a joke and the king looked very cross. I am pretty sure it was a wordless picture book and that the colors were black, white, and red? I distinctly remember the black and white checkered tile in the palace. I want to say it was a monarch that never laughed type of story, but I really do not remember anything more.
I’m looking for a children’s book that I used to read in the early 1980s. It was made up of short stories, and each story was numbered. I think there were 100 in the book. One story was about grape-crushing in an orchard, another was about a snowman and a girl called Sonia. Another was set abroad (in a place beginning with F?) where it was always light at night time too, so the children sneaked out to go to a fair. Thancks in advance