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Don’t think I know the book but I’d love to read it. Sounds really cute 🙂
sure sounds like it.
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My God, I think that is it. I don’t believe it. This book has been haunting the corners of my brain for 40+ years. I am buying a copy on abebooks and, if confirmed, you are my hero. Yes, Santa Claus, there IS a Virginia!
I’m glad to hear it looks likely and hope it does indeed turn out to be correct. Thanks for posting back!
Hello! I’m looking for a children’s book, which I read as a child, in the 90s.
It’s about a girl to whom they appear I don’t know if they are witches, fairies, angels at night, there is a particular part where the hairs of the (fairies, witches) are in danger, and it would be the hair of angels, some illustrations very interesting, another part is the girl hidden under the window and you can see the sky, dark blue where you can see the eyes of these beings, at night. I don’t remember the name of the book or anything else, I appreciate your help :).
Hello everyone,
I’m looking for a book published at least 30 years ago, describing a girl’s journey to school (I think), in which she uses her imagination and sees figures of animals in the bushes on her way. I think she was from NYC but not sure. Any lead would help, thanks!
I’m looking for a “horse book,” primarily for young readers, which was probably published between the wars, i.e., in the 1920s or 1930s. I read it in the early 60s. It is the story of a family and a small mare…I think she was a chestnut/sorrel. I’m quite sure the horse’s name was Trinket (or Penny?), so named because of her lack of stature. I lean toward “Trinket.” She WAS small, but she was not a pony. Seems to me she was just small for a horse of whatever breed she was.
I don’t remember much about the story until then end, when the son who had ridden her as a boy comes back from the war (pretty sure it was World War I) and though he’s tall now to ride such a small horse, he goes off a-riding on Trinket, if that was her name, through a forest.
The irony is that having survived the war, he is hit in the leg by a stray bullet from someone hunting in the woods. He is losing so much blood that he knows he will become unconscious, fall off the horse, and perhaps not be found, so he belts himself to the saddle, passes out, and Trinket, now over-burdened with a dead weight, bravely carries him home.
Does anyone know a book made in early 2000s to late 1990s. With a family of animals (possibly mice) who go on a trip in a big van and set up a large yellow tent in a tree.
Michael Palin, Mirrorstone.
I’m looking for a child’s folklore book, popular in the 1970’s. My child (almost 50 now) wanted me to read it over and over again. It had a recurring sentence about ” don’t pick the orange flowers.”
I’m looking for a book we were assigned to read out loud and discuss in fifth grade in a Texas public school in 1993. A present-day family moves into an old house (farmhouse, I think). There was a mystery vibe happening with it, as I recall, and what was revealed was a tunnel between the house and another building (the barn, maybe). The kid of the family was the main character, I believe. I almost want to say there was a spooky vibe, like almost ghost story. Unidentified sounds, maybe. I have this image of a child standing in the tunnel halfway between the house and barn. It was revealed that the house was part of the Underground Railroad.
Hi! Looking for a book that my husband’s grandma would read to him at her house. It contained a story about a naughty moon who would come out during the day. Husband was an early 80s baby. He can’t remember if the book had other stories, just that it was his favorite one.
THANK YOU SO MUCH I’ve been looking for this book for LITERALLY YEARS and I couldn’t find it! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
I’m looking for a picture book. I can’t remember the title and I never knew the year it came out. It has a lot of blue/green palettes in the main section of it.
It’s about a boy who’s a good swimmer, and he’s pulled into another world (though a mirror or through a puddle on the ground, I can’t exactly recall) by an old man. I think the old man was referred to as “Uncle”, but I can’t quite remember. The boy is confused, and this girl (with blonde hair?) gives him a dark moss green tunic to wear instead of his regular clothes. He calls it itchy, I think. The old man pulled him into this world to retrieve a small handheld sized mirror from the bottom of a lake/ocean, because he can swim really well. It’s some kind of magical but I don’t remember if they specified how. The boy goes diving for that mirror, though, and he finds it. But the old man wants the mirror and doesn’t care about saving the boy, so the girl ends up saving him and helping him get back to his world. The last page I remember is the boy standing in his bathroom, the mirror over the sink shattered, still wearing that tunic and soaking wet. He’s smiling a little to himself and he’s holding the mirror cupped in both his hands.
That’s the most of what I can remember about the book. I tried searching for it but couldn’t find it at all. Any help would be appreciated.
Looking for a children’s book where mice come out at night and play in a restaurant/diner. I believe it has a Valentine’s Day theme.
Could this be “Look Out for Pirates!” by Iris Vinton (illustrated by H. B. Vestal)? It was first published in 1961. There are three sailors who are shipwrecked on an island and set upon by pirates; one of the sailors is definitely younger, though maybe not quite a boy. They get rid of the pirates by locating a nest (may be wasps’ instead of bees’) and dropping it on the pirate ship. There is also a treasure chest involved, which they dive to recover; they wear the diving suits to avoid being stung by the insects inhabiting the nest.
Found this one with different covers:
“The city never sleeps” by: Stamper, Judith Bauer
Date: 1999
Looking for a children’s book written in approximately the 1990s. I’m not sure the subject of the book, but it features a very bright illustration of a PUFFIN (the animal) at a tea party.
We just ID books here so you can find them. Abebooks is a good place to look, as well as Amazon. Good luck!
Hello, I’m looking for a children’s book about a girl searching for her cat in all its usual hiding places. Places I remember the cat hiding is a paper bag, closet, and sleeping in the girl’s bed. The illustrations are done in beautiful black and white pencil, and everything is hyper realistic and detailed. The little girl was adorable and tomboy-ish, with short dark hair down to her jawline, bangs. Freckles, and I think she was wearing overalls? Cat was dark tabby striped male. Not sure what year of publication would be, possibly anywhere between 1970s-1990s. I’m leaning towards 80s tho. Thank you for your time.
Hello, I’m looking for a children’s book I read during late 90’s or early 2000’s. It was a big board book with a red cover. Inside each page was fully illustrated depicting tiny people going about their day. There were buildings shown with cut away walls so you could see the rooms inside and even showed an underground subway system. It talked about the people’s jobs or responsibilities and I distinctly remember a page showing the dawn hours and there being a tiny baker in his bakery as well as a police officer chasing a masked robber outside. I want to say it was titled “The City Never Sleeps” but I have search that title to no avail.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Hello – Trying to identify the first book I ever read, circa 1973, about a boy who defeats a ship of pirates by throwing a bee’s nest on their ship. My undying thanks if somehow this comes to light; my credit card ready if you actually have or know of a copy.
I am looking for a children’s (possibly chapter book) that was written before 1975 about a family that takes a summer vacation to a beach. The main characters are two siblings (I believe), during their vacation a rumor starts going around that their is a princess visiting the beach/island and all the vacationers are trying to solve the mystery of who the princess is. The princess turns out to be an older woman that is in fact a princess and the siblings have some adventures with her. Sound familiar at all?
Looking for 2 childrens books from the 1980’s. First – a girl that scores each day. She goes camping. Can’t remember much more. Second book about a car. It drives backwards up a hill when it can’t get up forwards and gets a headache. Thanks for looking😀
1980s kids book about a rider on horse back who is a ghost dressed in talll hat and long jacket 1880s time linez
Looking for a book that I read as a kid in the late 70s. A children’s book about a rider on horseback dressed in a tall hat that goes off riding one day, tragically dies and returns as a ghost on horseback. Timeline set in the 1800s
Looking for a book or series about a family of witches.
I read this in either the late 80s or early 90s, but it may have been older. There were at least 2 books about this family.
In the first book, the family is introduced. The children all have powers, the mother cancels out magic, and the father is a wizard. The father comes down with the flu and can’t do magic. The oldest girl gets a job at a hotel as an assistant to a group there for some event. The group turns out to be another group of witches and is siphoning the father’s powers. The children sneak around and end up stopping them.
In the second book, the children visit their aunt in New York. The aunt has a haunted house and a housing developer who is trying to buy it from her. The children help the aunt and ghost change the developer’s mind.
Does this ring any bells?
It’s a Golden Book called Robert and his New Friends. One of my favo
Thank you so very much Chanda. That is exactly the story, and book of short stories, I was reminiscing on. Your knowledge and help are priceless. Again, many thanks.
You’re welcome! I’m glad I could help. Thank you for taking the time to post back!
Perhaps Through the Fire by Mary De Morgan? I have the story in Hilda Boswell’s Treasury of Children’s Stories, but I’m sure it’s in other anthologies as well.
Through the Fire is set in Victorian London. It starts off with little Jack – who is 7, but so small and pale that he looks 5 – sitting alone by the fire. His mother, who is a widow, is frequently away, teaching music or playing for children’s parties. Tonight he was sadder than usual, because it was Christmas Eve, and his mother had gone to play for a child’s party. Jack pokes at the fire and is startled by a tiny man balancing atop a burning coal. The man identifies himself as a fire fairy and invites Jack to visit the fire kingdom. He causes Jack to shrink down to fairy size, and gives him a little red suit and cap and boots. They go through the fireplace to Fireland, where Jack meets Pyra, the Fire Princess. She is very unhappy, because she has fallen in love with Fluvius, the Water King’s son, but they cannot be together because of their opposite natures. A week later, the Fire Princess visits Jack in his room, as does the Water Prince. The two send him on a quest (aided by the Wind Fairies) to visit the old man at the North Pole, to find out how they can be married without destroying each other. The answer turns out to be that they simply need to kiss. Doing so changes both of them, so that she is no longer burning and he is no longer wet – but they can be together. They thank Jack by giving him an invisible belt that makes him strong and healthy.
Other stories in the Hilda Boswell Treasury include The Story of Fairyfoot, Lucy’s Adventure in Narnia (from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe), The Real Princess, The Road to Dover (from David Copperfield), The Substitute (from Stuart Little), A Day on the Alm (from Heidi), Prince Zeyn and the King of the Genii, The Snow Child, and The Selfish Giant.
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Looking for a book about Goldilocks and the three bears in rhyme.Begins once upon a time in a far off wood under the tall trees a small house stood and who do you think lived in there why mummy and daddy and baby bear.Possibly a 1940’s book
I found this one, but don’t know if it has the scene you’re referring to.
“Patty Jo in Happy Valley” by:Wheeler, Ruth
Patty Jo Curtis lay in her bed twisting a golden
curl and thinking about all the fun she was going to have today, and
tomorrow, and all summer. Suddenly a little click, click click
interrupted her thinking. She listened. The sound was coming from the
hall. Patty Jo turned quickly. A meadow lark was walking into the
room, his toes clicking sharply on the polished floor! Patty Jo has an
exciting summer ahead of her. She had come a long way on the train to
visit her uncle Bob and aunt Cathrine. Patty had never stayed in a
cabin before. Uncle Bob’s large cabin was nestled in vast green meadow,
near an apple orchard and circled by distant high mountains. to Patty,
it was the perfect place to explore and learn. Come along with patty
as she learns about nature and its abundant life in the place called
Happy Valley.
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Hello, I’m looking for a, relatively, short story that was part of a compendium of short stories in which the main character was a young boy, left alone at night and feeling very lonely while his mother/ possibly parents were not around and he entered a strange, yet comfortable, world through the fireplace/ on the other side of the coals/flickering flames. I recall reading this around 1971, or so.
Any suggestions will be most gratefully received
Not sure if this is pertinent, or not, but it was in Britain that I read the book, and I think the story was set in London, post Dickensian, possibly even late Victorian.
I’m looking for a children’s book from the 80’s. It’s about a man who works at a space station as a janitor but desperately wants to be an astronaut, too. So in his spare time, he works on rockets in his backyard that never take off. One day he finds, I think, magical brussels sprouts? And they help his rocket take off. Once in space he meets a wizard living in a little cozy asteroid.
I’m looking for a book I must’ve read in the late 90s or early 00s about a special cat who drank the moon like a saucer of milk. It was then brought low, lived on the streets and was chased by dogs etc. I don’t remember the conclusion of the book. There was colored artwork in the book.
Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade, by Elvira Woodruff. (It’s Commander Falcon and his sidekick Sergeant Gordy.)
Looking for a book about a boy whose family makes donuts (I think) and he delivers them throughout the apartment. Along the way he encounters a young artist couple, a guy who plays drums, etc. Probably written in the 1950s or very early 1960s. It is NOT the Homer Price books by Robert McKloskey. It is a very short picture book with full color illustrations. thank you
’m trying to find a book my mom used to read to me when I was real young I think early 2000’s , it was about a child cat going to work with their dad or mom I can’t remember and they were doing something with mail passing it out I think, I’ve been looking everywhere I really wanted to read it to my unborn sibling, thank you
Looking for book from the 90s, about a girl that discovers and old house and gets her friends to help her restore it. I remember her discovering a beach theme room in the house and I don’t know if they were in a group home or orphanage. The book was so good and I can’t find it!
The reason I suggested A Special Birthday Party is because it’s about a skunk family, and I’ve heard from people who remembered it as maybe being badgers (like Frances). Check out some images to see what I mean.
I’m looking for a children’s book from probably the mid 60s, about a little girl who finds a telephone in (her grandmother’s?) apple orchard. When she picks up the receiver and dials O (for Orchard, presumably) she hears the wind singing to her, “Ooooooo!” This image has haunted me for over 50 years and I would love to find it again. I remember nothing else about it, sadly. Ring any bells for anyone?
Oh, sorry, looks like Long Road to the Circus is very recent. Darn, I thought that sounded like a good match.
Possibility: Long Road to the Circus, by Betsy Bird.
If the girl could be a rabbit, you might try Molly Moves Out, by Susan Pearson.
Looking for a book published somewhere between 80s and mid-90s (rough estimate). It’s a chapter book with a yellow cover. It’s about a boy who discovers some special dust/powder is able to make toys come to life. There’s a captain styled toy, and his sidekick(?) who I’m pretty sure is named Gordy/Gordie. His young toddler brother has a t-rex toy that also comes to life. I think the boy shrinks to toy size?
Hi, I’m looking for a book that my sister remembers from our childhood but she can’t remember the name or author. She said it involves 3 brothers, either Princes or Kings she thinks, and they each have their own Kingdom Shangri la, Shangri la la and Shangri la la la. She also remembers that it had mountains made of toffees and the illustrations were just line drawings. Please help, we have been trying to find this book for many years now.
Hello, I’m looking for a book of a girl or woman in the middle of the ocean sitting on some stairs please help 🙃
I’m looking for a book I had when I bc was a young child in the early 1980’s. The cover was sort of a goldenrod color and it had a black binding. There was an outline of a lion on it and I think the word roar was in the title. The book was mostly line drawings with very little color. There was one insert of a snake which was green and said, “ssssssssssssssssss” for a very long time.
I’m looking for a book published in the late 90s -early 2000s, one I read in elementary school. I don’t remember the author or what the cover looked like, but I do remember it was about a young girl who was experiencing deep familial issues and so one day she went out and found a “little toy house in a grove”, and this became her own secret hiding spot where she’d spend every day. If anyone can help me out with this, it’d be greatly appreciated!
I’m looking for a children’s book, potentially from the 1980s through the late 1990s. it’s a book that may have been a little golden book but I can’t be sure. I believe the book cover may have been of a cartoonish cat and her litter of kittens, maybe three or four kittens? I can’t be sure as I don’t entirely remember. I have no clue what the author’s name was.
It’s a short story book about a cat that has a litter of kittens and one cat is restless and wants to play while the others just want to sleep.
it goes off on its own and gets into mischief and the only line I really remember is this:
“This is not a safe place to play” says the kitten. “You cannot play here.”
The book ends with the kitten being tired and going to sleep while the other kittens are now awake and trying to play.
if anyone has any idea what the name of this book is I would greatly appreciate it!
I’m looking for a book from I think the 80s UK. All I remember was that it was a heat sensitive book. Ie. It revealed pictures when it got warm (such as putting your hand on an area). I remember there was a wizard. That’s it I’m afraid..
I’m trying to identify a book I read in the mid to late 80’s, but the book, itself, could’ve been from the 70’s. It’s a black and white book of real-life photos (each page was one big photo, or maybe even a big photo spread across two pages) of children visiting a factory that makes spaghetti, Wonder Bread, and Twinkies. I think the book was hardcover, approximately 8.5″ x 11″ or so.
Well, it’s not any of the Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids books. I looked through the titles of most of their 13 book series.
No, I remember it being a bit more edgier than GTFGK. I remember the cover was dark colors, like black / dark purple / dark blue, something like that. The closest book I’ve gotten in terms of plot would be The Boy Who Erased The Sun by Charbel Kattan
Children’s book. Mid 90s. Beautiful illustrations. Jam making. Bubbles.
Okay so I don’t remember many details, but when I was a child, I had a book about a girl and her mother or her grandma (can’t quite remember). I had the book around 1994 and it didn’t seem very old. It had some text but mostly pictures. The illustrations were very realistic (not cartoon type, etc). The art style reminds me of an old vintage “Pears” ad. The girl wore an old style dress and in parts, a pinny/apron. I think the story was about things the two of them did together, like cooking. On one page, I remember they made strawberry or raspberry jam and put it in jars and cover the top of the jars with cloth. It might have even included the recipe. Another page shows the girl dipping toast in egg. And on another page, there is a heap of bubbles and within each bubble is a picture of the girl doing things she has done through the book; making the jam, etc.
Very vague. Not sure anyone out there will know what book I’m talking about with so little to go off but worth a try.
I’ve been looking for a book that I read in upper elementary school in the late 1990s. I remember thinking the book was older, so it could be from the 1980s. It was a paperback with a light blue border and I believe it featured a girl who was tired of babysitting her younger siblings and ran away to the circus. At the end she comes home and feels grateful for her siblings. I could have some of that wrong, but it did have a blue border. I think it was in the earlier section of the alphabet, so the author might start with a B?
Oscar and Hoo by Theo.
Oscar is a dreamer. And sometimes he forgets where he is. When Oscar is on vacation and daydreaming, he loses his parents. Alone in the big, empty desert, he is afraid. All seems hopeless, until the most extraordinary friend appears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR89Y_5y_qg
Not a lot to go on, but maybe take a look at the Eloise books by Kay Thompson? There’s a lot of pink in those.
Try this: A Special Birthday Party for Someone Very Special, by Tamara Kitt.
I’m seeking a children’s book from the 1970/80s. It was about a boy who was staying with his grandma who had a cottage on the shore. It was hardcover and had beautiful full page illustrations. He finds a beautiful piece of blue glass and puts it in his pocket. But when he gets back it’s all full. His grandma places it in a bowl of water and there is a gorgeous illustration of it catching the light and shimmering. His grandma bakes fresh bread, round loaves and they pick periwinkles or cockles in the shore.
I loved this children’s book it was about a boy who was going on a trip with is parents when they are about to get onto a bus trip he gets abandoned in the desert and he meets this sad little cloud who becomes his friend, and when the parents come back for him they go back and the little boy and the cloud are best friends.
Eloise at the Plaza?
I’m looking for a book I read as a kid (in the uk) in 2008. I vaguely remember what it was, I remember it might’ve been part of a “scary books for kids” series.
It’s about a loner boy who likes to draw, and one day he sits under a tree and draws a duck from the pond across him. He messes up and erases part of it, and suddenly that part of the duck goes missing. So basically, he has this magic eraser that can do more harm than good.
Either it was that or it was a magic pencil that can make things he draws come to life and disappear things that he erases.
I think the scary part of the book is that he decides to erase his bullies or something like that and he realizes the permanent consequence of making someone disappear.
Hi, I’m looking for a children’s book that I am having memories of. I think from the 70’s. The image coming to mind is pink and white stripes, pastel pink maybe. I thought it was one of the “bread and jam for Frances” books but I couldn’t find anything. It makes me think of cake, sweets. I know that is not much information but you never know! Thank you
This is a children’s book I would have read in the 90’s. It’s about a boy who thinks his friend’s mom is better than his own mom, and wishes his mom was more like this other lady. But then he has spaghetti at his friend’s house and his friend’s mom’s spaghetti is nothing like his own mom’s, and he gets a new appreciation for his own mom
My dad remembers a children’s storybook (with pictures), which he would have read in the late 1940s or early 1950s, about an immigrant boy (he remembers the name being “Zach”) who had a treasured violin, and stumbled accidently upon its heritage. He recalls the title as “Zach and His Violin,” but no such book apparently exists.
Latest would be 1982 I would think
The King with Six Friends, by Jay Williams.
Another version is The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, but your description sounds more like the first one.
@Mama Squirrel, you are my hero! It’s the first one! I have tears streaming down my face. My children are now 17, 15, and 13 and I tried asking a couple of librarians a decade ago if they could help me find it and had no luck with it. I can’t wait to read it to this book again and especially to my kids and I will save it for my grandkids. I can’t explain how much your gift means to me. I feel foolish that I didn’t try the internet chats a long time ago.
I’m glad to help! I hope you enjoy reconnecting with your book.
Holy mackerel! I was reading an article about a castle in Slovenia in high cliffs, and thought of this book that I had forgotten about for years. So I Googled what I could recall of the plot and WHAM! This thread popped up. [Cue spooky music].
Don’t know if it was new or not, was plain green hardback, but maybe no jacket? It was a either a storybook with chapters, or short stories with the odd drawing in red (like pencil sketch)
Pretty sure there was some goblins
Thanks!!
When is the latest it could have been published?
I had a red riding hood book with red ink drawings. It also had other short stories in it, such as the gingerbread man (involving a fox to help him get across a lake).
When did you read it, and was it new then? Picture book or longer? Any other details would really help.
I’m seeking a children’s book I read in the early to mid 1980s in the school library. It was not Baron Munchausen but that story reminded me of the book. This story had a main character and he stumbles upon and recruits new shapeshifting friends along the way. His first encounter is with a character who can turn himself into a flame and I believe he starts a campfire for them. Then, another character can convert himself into an elephant which he uses later on the suck up all of the liquid in a small space to keep them from drowning. I seem to remember one of the characters having skin like iron. Eventually, the crew sets off to save the main character’s damsel or princess in distress, perhaps being held by a dragon (fuzzy memory there). I don’t remember the main character having special powers except the ability to lead and a general good nature and charisma. I’d appreciate any guidance you all might offer. This book has haunted my mind for 30 years.
A Little Mother to the Others, by L.T. Meade. The other boy is Orion.
When I was in kindergarten they had story time and they used this large flip book set up on an easel. It was about alphabet adventures. It was an ongoing story that kept you engaged until the next story time. I vaguely remember ants. It might be connected to the Sullivan programmed reading because we had those in first grade. Not much to go on and it’s been driving me crazy for years. If anyone has a clue please help.
I am looking for a children’s book I read in the 1960s. It would have been an older book even at that time, probably published in the late 1800s to early 1900s. It was set in England and the main characters were 4 children named after Greek gods and goddesses. I only remember three of them, Iris, Apollo, and Diana. Their mother died at the beginning of the book and the rest of the story is them trying to cope with this and live their life without her.
Sounds like Melindy’s Happy Summer.
I am looking for a young adult book I think is from the 90s/early 00s. It involves a brother and sister who I think go back in time to a castle that is ruled by an attractive but evil man (maybe magician) and this man tries to force the young woman to marry him and stay with him or he will do something bad. I know the front cover had a quite mythical looking castle/tower in the distance. Any help with finding it would be great.
I need help finding an old children’s book from when I was younger. I was in kindergarten when I read it so it was 1997. It’s about a papa cat and his baby cat son going to look for papa’s missing tooth. From what I remember it was very much an adventure book, at one point the characters are wearing this classic looking scuba gear and searching the bottom of the ocean. To be honest I don’t even know what animals they are because they looked more like furry monsters. Which there was more i could remember but here’s a shot
Hello, I’m looking for a childrens novel I read in the early 1990s. I only remember the end–a boy has to get through a maze to save his friend (a little girl?) from what I think was some kind of Snow Queen. The maze was in a cave and he left a trail of string so he could find his way out again. There were some illustrations, very subtle coloring. I would love to find it again.
I remember reading a book all the time at my grandmothers house. Green hardback, occasional pages had illustrations drawn in red ink.
That’s all I can remember
Solved on another board: The Kindles Find a Home, by Jolie Epstein.
Thank you so much I was trying to find it for a few days!
You’re welcome!
I am hoping one of you can help me find a children’s book a friend remembers. She does not recall the title, but she read it in Alabama when she was about 8 or 9 years old. That would have been around 1965, and she thinks it may have been an older book then, although she isn’t certain.
It is about a little African American girl who lives with her grandmother. Her granny is a wonderful cook, and much is made of her biscuits. The grandmother signs her granddaughter up for a church camp. The child is afraid because she can’t imagine being away from her grandmother and her wonderful food. She goes to the camp and has fun. One day an audition is announced for a play. The little girl puts on make-up to make herself look white (Yeah, I know. It was a long time ago.) She gets a lead, maybe THE lead role. She gets thunderous applause, and when people in the audience find out she is African American, they are amazed that she is so talented.
Do any of you know the title and author of this book or how to go about finding it? My friend is interested in it as a book about a child “passing.” I can usually find most books, but children’s books are not my area of expertise. Thank you for any help you can offer.
Hi I’m looking for a book I read as a Kid I don’t know the author or the date but it was a kids picture book and I think the title was called the kinders it was about some girls that lived in the forest but there was a witch after them so they made a journey to a crystal dome that had a crystal waterfall and they had mushroom caps for hats.
Hello I’m looking for a children’s book I kind of remember the book cover and it was a white girl holding hands with a bear and a bunny which were her plushes. It starts out with her seeing her mom and the new baby, the mom was breastfeeding. I’m not sure if she was jealous that the new baby was getting her moms attention though. But later on the bear and the bunny plushes become her children and they make mud pies and they’re having their own adventures and she goes to see them in like a tree/nest. But that’s all I can remember I was reading it in the early 2000s.
That sounds like ‘Remember me to Harold Square’
by Paula Danziger
That’s it! Thank you so much.
There is a sequel based in London as well!
Hi, I’m looking for a children’s book I read at the library in the early 2000s. It was about a little girl getting dressed. Every page was filled with clothes of a type, like a whole page of tiny socks and a page of tiny shoes. There was very little text if I remember right. The girl might have been an anthropomorphic mouse or something. The illustrations were very colorful. Maybe just simple line drawings. I think it was wintertime, because I remember a page of scarves. Any help would be much appreciated!
Maybe an edition of Terry Jones’ Fairy Tales?
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/20646
Looking for a children’s story book I had when I was a child. It was a collection of story’s one which was called the rainbow cat. The book was a soft – hard cover and was a deep purple plum colour and it included these beautiful illustrations. It must have been published before 2010 I think probably between 1990 and 2009 but I’m not completely sure.
Hello, I’m looking for a book which I read as a child in the 1980s. It’s driving me mad that I can’t remember. It was about a family in New York City, who weren’t able to go on a summer holiday. To entertain the kids, the Dad devised a treasure hunt / quiz around NYC landmarks, with the aim of getting them to appreciate their city. Many Thanks
Just a follow-up: A Child’s Book of Poems doesn’t fit the “tall and narrow” description – but the only books I can come up with that do fit that are completely off on the illustrations. See below for Tall Twin Book (Wynken Blynken & Nod w/ The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat, illustrated by Helen Page), Kiddie Book (illustrated by Nan Pollard), and The Tall Book of Make Believe (illustrated by Garth Williams). Perhaps you had one of the “Tall Books” – but also had the Fujikawa book I mentioned in my other response? (The “Tall Book” series by Harper that included The Tall Book of Make Believe also included The Tall Book of Nursery Tales, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, The Tall Book of Fairy Tales, illustrated by William Sharp, The Tall Book of Christmas, illustrated by Gertrude Espenscheid, The Tall Book of Bible Stories, and The Tall Book of Mother Goose – but I’m pretty sure Wynken, Blynken, and Nod is only in The Tall Book of Make Believe and is not reprinted in any of the other books in the series.)
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wow, that brought back a very old memory! i had the tall hard-cover version with the gingham dog & calico cat – it appears to be rare & valuable these days. thanks for sharing!
Wow, thank you so much! The tall Wynken, Blynken, and Nod version illustrated by Helen Page does indeed look like the one I had. However, the “twin” part, The Gigham Dog and the Calico Cat, doesn’t look familiar at all. Do you think there was another Tall Twin Book with that same version of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod but a different “twin” book on the other side?
I don’t recognize A Child’s Book of Poems, but I do think I want it now! 🙂
Yes, there is another version with the Helen Page illustrations. Instead of a Tall Twin Book, it’s a “Read – Aloud Book” – and instead of The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat, it has The Sugarplum Tree. Beautiful illustrations, plenty of pink – but still no black girl.
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Kind of a long shot, but is there any chance you’re thinking of A Child’s Book of Poems, illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa (1969)? It was notable (at least to me, growing up in the 1970’s) because it included a multiracial company of children, while the children portrayed in most of the other poetry, nursery rhyme, and story books of the time were pretty white.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod does not have a black girl in pink – but all three of the boys are black. There is a beautiful picture of a black girl in pink later in the book, for the poem What Is Pink? A Rose is Pink.
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I’m looking for a 4-5 book series from childhood (early 2000’s) I’m sure I got through Scholastic. I remember it being about a young child who lived with their family in a hotel or apartment in a city and would often go to a park where they met a new friend. I don’t remember much but I know I want to find them again.
Great! Thanks for posting back.
I need help finding/remembering a book. Came across it ~1997 with cassette sound effects to go with the book. It was about a boy looking for a spooky sound that was being made around the house. I remember the boy had striped pajamas I believe. It ended with it being something very innocent at the end with maybe his mother comforting him?
I’m looking for a book from the late 80’s, early 90’s about a little girl who brings her brown pet to school for show and tell (either a gerbil, hamster, guinea pig or ferret maybe?) He escapes and the girl and students have to look for him in the classroom. The reader can follow the pink paw prints on the pages to find out where he is (prints by the sink, the art supplies, the cubbies, etc.) She finds him in the end. It was a board book, not super long. I know there are lots of books similar to this, but those tiny pink paw prints are what makes it stand out. Please help, I loved this book so much as a kid, and it’s driving me CRAZY that I can’t find the title or author! Thank you.
It was in the 70’s as well.
#2: Your Turn, by Carla Perez, M.D., and Deborah Robison.
YES!! Oh my gosh thank you!!
Found the first one it’s Bears Water Picnic
Thanks for letting us know!
I suspect it’s Zoomerang a Boomerang, compiled by Caroline Parry. But I don’t have the book here to check.
I don’t even know how you did that. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My dad read that book to me all the time growing up ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I read it to my oldest when she was small, and the lawnmower mention rang a bell. Glad to help!
That’s a Raffi song, so that’s a good clue. I think I remember that picture too–I’ll try to track it down.
There were many other stories in the book. Thank you for looking into it!
I’m looking for a children’s novel about a lamb. It was based on the parable of the lost lamb. Remember reading it when I was about 11 or 12 years old, 1979 ish? I found it in a church library. I’ve been looking for a while. Does it sound familiar to anyone?
I’m looking for a book from the ’60s that I think was a verson of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. The book was tall and narrow, and one of the 3 children featured was a black girl wearing a pink hat or scarf. I remember thinking she was so pretty and, in fact, the whole illustration was just beautiful. I’ve found a version of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod online that is the same tall and narrow shape but the illustration is different. Or, possibly I’m remembering a different book but that same shape, but there were a lot of starry night scenes.
Maybe “The Two Princesses of Bamarre” by Gail Carson Levine
