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Morgan and Me by Stephen Cosgrove (part of the Serendipity book series).
A magical story of a little princess who wants and needs to do everything “…just a little bit later.” Everything is put off until later — until later she meets Morgan, the unicorn.
Note that the book was originally published in 1975, then reprinted later with “newly revised text” – which some fans of the original did not like as well.
My mom read this book every night with me as a kid, so it has to be from the early 90s or earlier. There is a kingdom and i distinctly remember the king having gout on his toe. And then 4 people (maybe princes/princesses) go on a journey through a candy forest.
in 1970 I read a book about five kids who were living with their dad. He dies and the kids live alone in the house. It was called something like our father’s house. I think the cover was green
I’m looking for a children’s picture book from my childhood. I would have read it around 2000-2005. All I can remember is that it was about 2 pigs. (One was pink and one was black) and one of the pigs got stuck in a briar bush. It was designed almost like a color pencil drawing through the whole thing. You guys are my last hope as I’ve gone through probably 600+ book titles and can’t find it.
The Weighty Word Book?
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6029361
Great Grandfather and the Honey Tree by Sam and Zoa Swayne.
“The story follows a man and his wife, and an episode where one night she complains that they have not eaten meat in three days. So bright and early the next day, the man sets out with a horse, a stoneboat (which is basically a plank of wood that gets pulled behind the horse), a net and a gun with only one bullet. The odds of him catching much are slim… at least until he nets a flock of geese, falls into a honey tree, slaughters a bear just by shoving it, snares a fish with his shirt and a partridge with his button, fells a dear with a tree and a mess of wild turkeys with that aforementioned one bullet.”
That is it! I have been trying to track it down for years! Thank you so much for your assistance! It is truly truly appreciated! Can’t wait to find and read it to my grandchildren!
I am looking for a children’s book of short stories about made up words from A-Z. My third grade teacher read the book to our class in the fall of ’92. One story per day until we finished each letter. For example, the first story was about a made up word that begins with A. The story illustrates the definition of the word or how the word came to be. At the start of each story, the letter is printed largely in old English font and may have vines or something on it.
I’m looking for an old children’s book. It was black and white with maybe minimal color. A little girl is pushing her doll in a buggy stroller and there’s a boy in a tree throwing apples at them. Possibly a yellow cover. That’s all I remember about the book though. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Quick as a Cricket, by Audrey Wood.
Looking for a book about a chef/cook for a king who bakes bread that flows out of the windows. From the 70s?
Tatsinda by Elizabeth Enright had white animals and a mountain, though not a sugar loaf mountain? The illustrations by Irene Hess were the originals.
Hi! Thank you so much. Unfortunately that’s not the book I am looking for. But I appreciate your time thank you!
I am looking for a book that was in my school library in the early 90s so could of been published anytime until then. It was about witches goblins legends etc but with historical facts and real stories it had the story of the 2 little girls that faked pictures of fairies but that’s all I remember. Thanks
I’m trying to remember the name of a book I read as a child in the late 1980’s / early 1990s – one of my earliest memories. It was about a parade and each page was a color, and the final page made a rainbow of people. I also remember a lot of clowns. Thank you!!
Does anyone recognize this book? It had a centerfold where a child was with a bunch of white rabbits. It was in the late 1980s this photo was taken. It was my favorite book as a toddler. I want to purchase for my kids. I think it says something about “I am as —-?— as a bunny.”
Hi all, I’m looking for a childhood book (1990s). I don’t know the title, but it was about a girl who caught and kept fairies/butterflies in jars. I remember the art for it being very beautiful, and it might have included them trapping her in a jar so she knew how it felt.
I am looking for a children’s book about a Princess who leaves her castle to go play instead of doing her chores, she comes across a unicorn who is stuck and asks that she help. She says to the effect “just a little later.” Does anyone know the name?
Hi! I am looking for a children’s book, pre-1969, possibly as early as the 1950’s. It is British/English. It’s about a group of animals in a forest who are looking for a new home and eventually find a double decker bus, which they make into a house. It could be a family of animals, hedgehogs or something like that. It had illustrations but I don’t remember it being a picture book. Thanks!!!
I’m looking for a book that was a collection of stories. The story I remember was about a little boy who was scared of dogs and he had to pass a bunch of dogs on his way to school. By the end of the story I believe a dog had won him over and he wasn’t scared anymore. I think either the boy or the dog’s name was maybe Alfred. The book was older and was at my grandmother’s house….maybe from the 60s? but not sure.
I’m looking for a children’s picture book. I had about 20 years ago. It has 2 names as the Title and one is Emma. It’s about a boy and girl birds or tropical birds who live in a zoo and one is kidnapped or stolen.
I have a very large stuffed brown dragon from either the late 70s or early 80s. It had a book that came with it. The dragon’s name was Elliott. I have found Pete’s Dragon, but it doesn’t look anything like the dragon I have. Anyone know of another book from around that time featuring a brown dragon? (He was always brown; not just brown from aging.)
Does anyone remember young readers book about a kid trying to save dragons? I would have read it in the early to mid 90’s. The main character was a young female peasant type. She finds a baby dragon or dragons. The plot was to do with how dragons were hunted down in the land, and she wanted to take them to safety. The specific scene I remember was that she was in the waste area of a castle with one of the baby dragons next to the castle kitchens, and a scullery maid sees her with the dragon hiding out and summons the guards, so she has to wade through the garbage and get away. I think she was in a septic tank type area. The details are fuzzy at this point but I think she might have gone to the castle to try and find help but couldn’t. I don’t think she was from the castle. Anyhow, if anyone remembers this, that would be great!
Hello! I am looking for a children’s book. One of the characters was part of an order of “Sages”. I think it was just a group that collected knowledge, I don’t think magic was involved. I somewhat remember there being different races. I think there was regular humans and some kind of “small person” race, but I think they were more like mutated intelligent animals instead of being along the lines of hobbits/gnomes/dwarves etc.
The specific scene I remember was that they were at some kind of headquarters for the Sage group and it was under siege and the invaders had just broken through, so the characters were barricaded in a room. They’d found an ancient artifact that was a box and had just figured out how to activate it. A male voice came out of the box describing the history of a nuclear war that happened in the distant past, and how the box was created as a repository of knowledge to restart civilization. At the end of this speech the voice says language might have changed to the point that when the box was found nobody could understand what he is saying, so the box starts projecting simple images with an associated word to teach the listener the language. One of the sage order starts desperately copying everything down, even as the invaders are starting to break through.
I got this from a public library I would estimate in the early to mid nineties. Can’t remember anything else, but if any of this rings a bell for someone I’d love to know a title or possible author and revisit it. Thanks.
Hi! I am trying to chase down the name of a fairy tale / other children’s book… as a child, I read a story about a girl either lost in the woods / kidnapped??? she was being held for ransom I think… she outsmarts the men / man and he ends up tripping into a vat of tar and she throws feathers on him! Someone told me it sounded like ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ or even ‘The Goose Girl’… but in all versions, the tarring and feathering is absent. I need help in trying to find it!
I am looking for a childhood book, 1940’s about a lonely queen who traveled all over the world gathering children from all nations to live with her and be in a touring dance troupe. Not sure of the title.
Try this: Best Friends, by Steven Kellogg.
Ok so here goes: 1985 or so. I never held this book in my hands, it was a book on tape. The tape was clear and inside the cassette, there were purple discs (shiny, lavender color purple) around where the parts turn inside the tape player. The narrator was female. It was about a young (maybe 10 years old?) girl and her parents. They lived on a planet that was purple. I think there was something about space travel but I’m not sure. The girl either gets separated from her parents or leaves to go exploring… perhaps gets lost. I don’t really remember what happens while she is gone from her parents but I have a very strong memory towards the end of the story of a purple sun rising over the purple planet. It was kind of a feel good story.
Looking for a children’s book probably from late 60’s-early 70’s. A pioneer family has a tough winter. It’s early spring and they are almost out of food so the father either heads into a distant town or to hunt. He heads out with a horse & sledge and only one bullet. Along the way he somehow manages to get a bunch of turkeys by shooting the branch they are sitting on and trapping their feet. Also gets a deer somehow and possibly some other animals. The sledge gets so heavy with all the food that the leather “traces” stretch and when he and the horse get home the sledge is still out in the woods. Overnight they dry and the sledge is at the door in the morning. Thanks for any help!
I am looking for a children’s book from the 1950s. The name of it, as I recall is “Lots O Fun”. On the front was a picture of a blond haired boy blowing bubbles. It was a large, hard back book and contained many stories and poems. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
I can’t remember the name of this book, all I have are vague memories of illustrations and some content. It was a children’s book, pre-2000. couldnt have been very long. Not sure the reading level because my dad read it to me at bedtime.
What I can recall is some little animal, a bear or dog perhaps, building a rocketship to go to space. In space there are two aliens that I remember being referred to specifically as martians. One of the martians was pink, the other was blue or blue-green. Thank you for any help!
I am looking for a Children’s book about a mountain called pine cone peak. It was a fictional story and I can’t remember much else. I read this book in the early to mid 90s.
There’s a book we had when i was very little (i was born in 1999) but i honestly couldn’t tell you how old it was, but it was a collection of fairy tales with these beautiful oil painting-style illustrations. I remember Rumplestiltskin, King Midas and The Wild Swans, also possibly rapunzel, and the illustration for the wild swans had a girl in a green dress with dark hair on the left page and i think she was throwing the nettle coat over the swans which were on the right page. I know it’s not much to go on but if anyone can help I would be forever grateful, I’ve been searching for this book for years!
Could be Landslide, by Véronique Day.
Christina Katerina and the Time She Quit the Family, by Patricia Lee Gauch.
Hi there. I’m looking for a book for my partner that she read when she was a child. She was born in the 70s.
I’m looking as a surprise, she has been trying to remember the name of this book for the longest time.
She mentioned something along the lines of a white which and a sugarloaf mountain? Apparently there was all of these white animals in it…she could have said that everything was white. And I cant remember if she added this or not but I’m pretty sure everything become colourful.
I hope you can help! We have done extensive research and have come across nothing.
Thank you
Bit of a long shot, but maybe ‘My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes’ by Eve Sutton.
Trying to remember a book that we did a book study on in school in 1980’s. I remember there were children (a class?) who get stranded somewhere (cave?) because of a flood. It seems to me it was in a European country. That’s all I’ve got.
Perhaps A Room for Cathy by Catherine Woolley?
How Cathy has always longed for a room of her own! And now it looks as if her dream will come true. For the Leonard family is moving to a big house, with a room for Cathy. A room she doesn’t have to share with her younger brother and sister. Suddenly the blow falls. Cathy’s room must be rented to save money. She is heartbroken… until she meets the wonderful Hughes family. Then Cathy learns that it takes a big heart to live in a big house.
Hi! I was born in 1997, so probably the book I am searching for was on between 97-2002. There was a princess who would come the kids went to sleep and she would take all the kids to a “dreamland” or a “toy-land” with a train or a plane. ( I can’t remember) and in this fantasy land, there were so many toys. Later the princess would call everyone back to the train to take everyone back to their homes to meet with their parents again. I don’t remember the message of the story or any specific names about it. I remember the illustration were mostly pink. The layout of the book was a horizontal rectangular. It would mean a lot f any one have suggestions!! This was my favorite book and somehow it got lost and no one remembers it from my family. Thank you!!!!!
Hi! I’m looking for a children’s book that was about a mom and daughter. They get in an argument about the daughter being messy or something—anyway, the mom divides the house in half and the daughter changes her name to Agnes I think. Any ideas what this book might be called?
Hello all. I am looking for a children’s book with a family of either humans or human-like animals (dogs?) and one of the children is sent on an errand and takes a lot of detours and at one point finds a stick shaped like a horse. It’s possible the family was on a picnic during these events. The horse shaped stick is the main memory. Thanks for any help!
The Mary Ann and Louie books by James Stevenson? (Could Be Worse, We Can’t Sleep, etc.)
The Better Homes and Gardens Storybook. It includes a condensed version of The Story of Live Dolls.
Thank you!
You’re welcome!
Hi! My family and I have been on the hunt for a children’s book series about two uncles/brothers narrating or telling these stories — they are both nearly bald or have a single curly hair on their heads. They use silly words like “grumpa” instead of “grandpa” and there is a lot of humor in the stories. Thank you for considering
In the 1960’s, we had a hardcover collection of children’s stories. One of them was about a day when dolls all came to life. Some of the dolls had to be taken to the hospital to be repaired. There was a black doll named Dinah. That’s about all I can remember. I would love to find this story to read to my granddaughters.
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I’m fairly certain the book was wordless and just had pictures? I’ll try and look for it next time I’m home.
Go to google and type in:
author holly webb kitten books
It’s not those, this book was very cartoony almost the same art as if you give a mouse a cookie but not quite.
Hello,
I recently came into a collection of books that included a book printed in 1900 called Chinatown Stories by Marjorie R. Johnson, illustrated by Amy B. Johnson. Does anyone know anything about the book or it’s value. No real information about it online other than worldcat. Any info would be very helpful, Thank you!
Looking for a child’s book, included 6 moons and 6 suns and was about a little girl dreaming. One of her dreams was being fed candy by these evil old people so that the little girl would lose her teeth.
Guys I could really do with some help locating a book !!!
I do not remember much of the story line but I remember I read it in Primary school (1990’s but it could have been published before hand!) On the cover there was a Red wooden beaded snake and a Rag doll I think they may have been hanging in a toy box! Any help would be amazing <3
Looking for a book about the sun, moon and celestial tailor. The sun no longer wants to wear yellow ‘yellow, yellow, yellow I am sick of wearing yellow!’ So he goes to the tailor who warns him not to wear another material. He this ends up naked because he burned through his attire. I read it back in the 2000s.
I’m looking for a book where a young girl finds fabric with yellow flowers/rosebuds and makes curtains for her room or for a cottage out of it? I thought it was “Mandy” but that’s not the right book.
Animals that get their heads and bodies mixed up and get stuck under a fence in one part.
I was born in 1979, so I’m guessing the book is from the 70’s but it could be from earlier than that. All I remember is one part of the book, literally it’s probably only one page. I remember that these animals are have their heads and bodies mixed up somehow. And they are stuck under a fence. I can picture one animal with a short little body with it’s long neck stuck under the fence.
That’s all I have. I know it’s a shot in the dark.
I’ve never forgotten this book but I have no recollection of author or the title. I think it is about a boy who goes to a boarding school and in his time attending meets a boy from the local seaside village. The boy is very quiet and doesn’t talk to him but over time they get closer and the boarding boy visits them at their shack. At some point the poorer boy gets Ill and the boarding boy finds blood in their beds sheets and it is revealed to the reader they had their period and they’re actually a girl? This book really stuck with me but for some reason I think I never finished it. PLEASE can someone find this book!!
In the 1970s my Mom would read me a book about cats. It went something like (name of cat) is playing with yarn, (name of cat) is eating, this cat is napping…. and this cat (I want to say Mildred?) is in the litter box. It would repeat – this cat is playing in the yard, this cat is chasing a butterfly, this cat is… and Mildred? is in the litter box. The litter box was a running gag at the end of each page/section that cat was always in the litter box. I’ve looked for it but cannot find anything.
Thanks so much. The one I’m searching for is not a chapter book but a larger children picture book.
Maybe take a look at the Linda Craig series by Ann Sheldon, about orphan Linda and her brother Bob at their grandparents’ ranch, and Linda’s palomino horse, Chica d’Oro (Golden Girl)?
https://www.goodreads.com/series/72566-linda-craig
The first three books in the series (there are 10 books in all):
The Palomino Mystery (1962) “Linda’s search for the perfect palomino leads her to a dangerous encounter with modern-day horse thieves”
The Clue on the Desert Trail (1962) “From a clue hidden on the historic Mojave Trail, Linda and her prize palomino track down a band of smugglers.”
The Secret of Rancho del Sol (1963) “The summer she is invited to join the Trail Blazers Club with her prized golden palomino filly, 16-year-old Linda searches for her family’s jewels, hidden by an ancestor in 1846”
Your summary reminds me of The BFG by Roald Dahl.
I had a sweet book as a child in the early 70’s all I remember is it was large and and a 3d pannel, there was a carriage in the snow at night, I think it might have been from eastern europe or Russia, maybe a fairy tale. My grandmother bought it for me in Boston. Any help much appreciated!!
So glad this site exists!! The book I’m looking for is a children’s picture book that I read in the school library in the 1980s (in the USA). It was about two factions of peanut butter creatures: the crunchies and the smoothies. I can’t recall whether or not there was a human child involved who stumbled into their world.
Looking for a children’s flap book where the child is scared of something in the dark but it turns out to just be laundry hanging on the line and similar. It looks like a monster but once it’s light outside then the child sees it for what it really is.
Could it be “A Book of Ghosts,” a Child’s Play Imagination Book, illustrated by Pam Adams and Ceri Jones? The book is about a child who sees ghosts everywhere, but they turn out to be things such as smoke, toes, cats, etc.
I’m looking for a children’s book with beautiful illustrations that was about 2 rabbits arguing over which one of them their mother loved more. They both fought for their moms attention, making a footbath that dyed her feet purple, making a music box filled with crickets that escaped and picking peaches for her (which ended up with the boy bunny breaking his tail and being carried home by the doctor). The book ends with them tucked up in bed agreeing that their mom loved them equally before one of them says “but father still loves me best!”
looking for a book I read as a child. it was about a giant that stole kids from a village to eat. retreats to his nest. I have a vague memory of the giant’s name being “gawahgangkahk” or something along those lines.
I know this a real shot in the dark, but any help would be much appreciated!
See It Goes!, by George and Irma Wilde.
Thank you!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/526426642/vintage-mid-century-childrens-book-see
Thank you! I purchased it 🙂
You’re welcome. Glad to be of help. 🙂
Looking for a book in a school library in the 1960s. A girl went to a ranch to ride a palomino pony. She received a saddle with Pal O Mine on it. Fiction, drawn illustrations, possibly has a follow up book.
Looking for this book. words: i wonder, i wonder how it feels to live in a house that goes on wheels, to always, always be going away, to have a new backyard each day. i wonder how that feels
The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll. (A favourite of my kids.)
Looking for a children’s book from my childhood about a mini person found in a freezer in the supermarket with the frozen peas
Hi, Im looking for a Children’s book that I read one time at a bookstore back on 2004-2005, it was a picture book about a boy and a girl and how both struggle to get along on each page, and the narration compares how the girl feels uncomfortable each time the boy talks with his buddies in a group and viceversa with the boy feeling uncomfortable when the girl talks with her girl friends and giggle at him. The book goes like this with the narrator asking each page something like “how do they get along when…?”, with childish beef like sharing shelves for their toys and deciding what to play. And the end is the part I liked the most, ends up with something like “Perhaps they were able to get along… because they growed up”. I would really appreciate your help 😀
I wonder if it’s Blue Willow by Doris Gates, with Janie Larkin’s and Lupe Romero’s families blended? This is Suzanne by the way, Rowan, our son, owns this site. Disqus is getting a little mixed up lately.
Looking for a book I think it was a stuffed bear who was searching for his mom so he went to find her and wound up on the beach and built her out of sand and slept with her all night but she got washed away in the sand I think eventually he sees her in the sky please help it was so beautiful especially for anyone who’s lost a parent
Hi, I’m looking for a book from my childhood. It’s about a brother and sister, the sister is watching tv and the brother keeps telling her that there’s a monster and she keeps telling him “Don’t bother me I’m watching tv.” I’d really love to find it to give it to my son as this was a book that my Grandpa used to get me at the library. Thank you so much.
Looking for the name of a childrens book my class in the 90’s read. It’s about a young girl who posts a letter but is then confronted by an invisible creature that it’s a cursed letter & that unless she retrieved it from the post office, she’s doomed to become a supernatural creature. Can not think of what it’s called…
I’m looking for a book that probably dates back to the 1930s 40s or 50s. It is about a little immigrant girl who was traveling with her parents in the new country and her mother had a set of plates that one by one were broken during the trip. At the end of the trip only one remained and the little girl when she became a woman had the plate hanging on the wall as a remembrance.
I am trying to locate a children’s illustrated book that i had in England, that was likely published in the 1980’s , but definitely not after the early 1990’s. It had beautiful detailed illustrations, and was about 2 sheep investigating different areas, such as beaches and tidal pools. The illustrations were amazingly detailed, for instance, the tidal pools would be covered in rocks, bottles, animals, sea weed, plants etc- you could look through the individual pages for hours on end, but the stories always involved the two white sheep. They were drawn realistically, and not “cartoony” at all. I believe it may have been a series of books. Please let me know if you have any information!
Key aspects:
-About 2 sheep exploring new places
-realistic and extremely detailed illustrations
-Likely part of a series of books
-Purchased in England, likely a European publication (but not sure)
-Printed circa 1980’s-early 90’s if not earlier.
Thanks for writing back. I don’t think many people remember this book, but it’s lovely. Glad to hear a child liked it.
Well I’ve remembered it for over 50 years so it obviously had an impact on me
The Magnificent Pumpkin, by Valdine Plasmati.
Looking for a book about some boys who made a club with masks and swords and hid them on the beach from others. One boy didn’t want the clubs to battle so he hid their stuff? Maybe set in France? It showed you how to make the masks etc.
Dinosaurs And All That Rubbish by Michael Foreman?
From a couple of online reviews:
This is a great thought provoking story which can be enjoyed by children of all ages. The pictures are colourful, bright and friendly. Although published in 1972 the message of pollution and the importance of recycling remains the same and is probably even more relevant today.
At the beginning of the story a man sees a star and sets his sights upon it. In order to reach it he has to build a rocket and in doing so destroys his own environment with deforestation to provide fuel for factories, factories everywhere belching out filthy smoke, and piles of waste heaped high everywhere. The man reaches the faraway star but it is disappointed to see that there is nothing of beauty there. All he can see is his own planet far away in the distance. Meanwhile on earth the heat of the smouldering rubbish awakens dormant dinosaurs who had been asleep beneath the earth’s surface. They emerge and are appalled at the state of the planet. They set about cleaning up the Earth. When the man returns he sees that the Earth is a beautiful place and learns valuable lessons about looking after the place you live for everyone to enjoy and share.
A man grows envious of the birds and decides to build a rocket to go to the stars. He does this and leaves the planet, but the effort requires so much industry that the Earth is ruined in the process. Awakened by the tremors of all this activity, the dinosaurs, who have been hibernating deep underground, return, and, horrified by the waste they find on the surface, they set about cleaning up all the waste and return the planet to its pristine natural glory. The man, disappointed by what he finds in space, returns to Earth, thinking it a paradise but not realizing until he arrives that it is the same planet that he had left. The dinosaurs only agree to let him back if he agrees to be a better caretaker of nature. A great story for children with a strong ecological and traditionalist message.
I’m looking for a picture book about a school class taken to a library; two boys in the class hear a ghost wailing that it wants its “boooooook”! This book was published 1987 or earlier
I read this book in 2012. Two brothers I think ones name was Charlie. They really want a pony for Christmas. I remember one of the brothers gets cancer starts losing his hair and his hat always falls off. Cant remember too much.
All the ones I saw were written by Nancy Parent, so “nancy parent” “bag” is a good way to search for most of them otherwise just use “Nancy Parent”. If you don’t live in the UK, the shipping is going to be expensive . You might get lucky and find a set for sale on Ebay but I wouldn’t wait for it. You’ll probably have to get them one by one, but maybe he’ll enjoy them more that way. Ebay seems to be a good source, Abebooks.com has a few inexpensive ones. Amazon has a Purse for $105!
Good luck in your search, Suzanne
(If you are in the US, sort the abebooks.com list by “Lowest Total Price” not “Lowest Price” to account for shipping charges.)
Battle of St. George Without by Janet McNeill from our notes: A group of friends in a crowded part of the city find a refuge in a bombed out church hidden in overgrown grounds. They are threatened by a sinister gang. Goodbye, Dove Square is the sequel.
Thank you! Amazing!
British book from my 1960s childhood, about some children who found a derelict church called St Something I cant remember “Without” the without referred to it being outside the city walls when it was built.
I’m looking for a book about man disturbing the sleep of the dinosaurs by rubbishing the earth. The dinosaurs wake and clear the rubbish, break up the roads and show man how beautiful the world is. He teaches him that it is there for everyone not just for him. I’d be very grateful if anyone knows the title. Thanks.
Hi My mom was talking about reading this kids book when she was little that was about a cat who wouldn’t eat wet food the bowl but would eat it when they picked it out with their paws. She thinks the cat was a boy cat and she remember the a picture of the cat holding their paw up to their face. She cant remember if that was the cover or not. She would of read this no later the the mid 70’s
Thank you so much
Kait
I remember a children’s picture book read to me by a school librarian likely between 1976-1979. I distinctly remember one illustration that showed part of a cat’s face which looked huge, peering in a very tiny window or being seen by someone small (a mouse?) in the wild…perhaps looking between plants? I think it was happy in the end! I’d love to find it. Thank you for reading!
Hello- I’m looking for a kids picture book circa 1980’s. It’s about a child eating ice cream all summer. I think there’s a girl who has an ice cream cart over the summer and the child buys a different ice cream everyday, or every Friday or something. There’s a picture of each of his ice cream choices. I remember a couple of particular boring pages where he chose a popsicle instead. I think I remember the art being a watercolour-look.
Hi I am looking for a book that would have been in the early 2000’s scholastic book fair. The cover was an orange cat with a blue background, the cat was found in the snow and let inside by the little girl who lives in the house. Very cartoony art style, I believe the girl has to nurse the cat back to health as well. Please I have been searching for years
I’m looking for a Fairy tale about a girl who’s hair turns to ice and starts breaking off. It is possible it was in a fairytale book. I think the book was from the 70’s or earlier
I’m looking for a picture book that I’m guessing was published in maybe the 1970s or 60s about a large pumpkin that a family was going to enter into a fair, but as they were packing it up on the day of the fair, it fell and cracked open. The mother quickly baked it into 2 giant pies and entered one of them into the pie contest instead, and won first prize. The judges loved her pie so much they ate it all up! The family was glad she had kept a pie for them at home.
Enid Blyton, The Cat Who Cut her Claws. This story appeared in her Little Animal Stories, but also in other books.
Looking for a Childrens book possibly from the 90’s it had a little girl in it and from memory there were all these special rugs Persian type perhaps and the rugs would come to life and change positions. For example rolled up in the corner. Each rug had different patterns on them and there was always a cat in the room.
Have you looked at Mike Wilk’s book The Ultimate Alphabet? It was published in 1986. There’s a page for each letter and all the objects start with the same letter. It’s amazingly detailed – the pictures are very realistic and detailed. I remember having a borrowed copy in the mid 90s and spending hours poring over the pictures. It’s not specifically a children’s books but I know it was used in classrooms here at least.
Hi- I’m going insane trying to find a childhood book so that I can purchase it for my daughter. I believe the title was simply “Colors” but a search of that returns thousands of results. I recall it was a hardcover, white and rectangular in shape. The book talked about primary and secondary colors and had cellophane pages that would change the illustrations when you flipped them onto the page. I distinctly remember one page where as you flipped the pages the illustration gradually ate a hat. I can picture the cover and just about ever page but having difficulty with the search!
I asked our children’s librarian at work. It sounds like a board book. I typed in an image search for “colors board book” and got lots of pictures of color books, maybe you could look through them and see if you recognize the cover.
I am looking for a book set for my Autistic brother. He LOVES this set but it’s almost destroyed. It is a Hinkle set that is shaped like bags from 2002. Includes Lunch box, doctor’s bag, school bag and Toolbox. Distributed by paradise press inc.
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I am hoping you can help I was born in 1970 and as a child read a book about a cat who was very vain and cut her claws and wore nail varnish, she couldn’t get away from something ( a dog I think) as her claws were too short to climb the fence? If you can help I’d be really grateful.
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Kelly
I’m looking for a picture book I read as a child about a ginger cat who waits outside the house of a little girl and the little girl refuses to let him in until she feels sorry for him and eventually takes him in. This is all I can remember. I also remember the cat sleeping on the front door step in the snow. If anyone knows what book this is please let me know!!
I am looking for a book about a young boy. His parents were in the story as well. the illustrations were very simple. I think he may have pretended to be different things. I also remember a tree in the story. any help? it is my favorite childhood book and i cannot remember the title.
Might be ‘Marianne Dreams’ by Catherine Storr.