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Just a follow-up to my previous comment – the lute player and the princess in the rabbit-drawn carriage are from Trumpets in Grumpetland: “Livingstone the lute-player and the beautiful Kim are brought together by their love of music, while fierce Havoc the Grumpet and his Grumpicats are repelled, at least temporarily, by the Trumpets and the Borderers.”
Oh my god that’s it!!!!
Thank you so much!
Glad I could help! Thank you for taking the time to post back.
Trouble for Trumpets by Peter Dallas Smith and Peter Cross. There is also a sequel, Trumpets in Grumpetland.
“Just as the Trumpets, summer creatures who live in a world of warmth and sunshine, prepare to hibernate, the Grumpets, winter creatures who live in the dark, frozen mountains of the north, prepare to take over their land”
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I tried ebay, “journal fantasy fairy” and had the best results in the business section oddly enough. Using Books comes up with too many actual books. Crafts sort of works. Once you get to any fairy themed journal you can look at their recommendations. That’s just Ebay, maybe try to Google it. I would think that this is the kind of thing Etsy would have, once you have found the magic search term! Good luck.
Thank you, i tried google and ebay, but I did end up finding it by putting “Canadian” in the search (its not a Canadian book). It is called the Unicorn Notebook by Michael Green!
Thanks for writing back and congratulations! That was a hard one.
I hope this is ok to post. I am looking for a book/journal. It is unicorn/fairy/fantasy themed. Inside is blank pages, and illustrations of unicorns and fantasy themes.I would have had this in the 90’s but im not sure when it was made or published. The cover was white and a hardcover with a unicorn on it.
Hello I am looking for a children’s book book I read in the 90s. It featured hairy little creatures that used rabbits to draw their wagons and I think there were a couple books in the series. I remember the pictures and some plot points. Like the creatures had an opposition that ended up attacking them with drills that they spun with ropes. There was a sequence
where a rabbit drawn carriage helped a princess escape for her tribe and their was a musician creature that had a square lite/guitar. Also, I see to recall them using hot air balloons and there was one of the creatures with an eye patch. I think the creatures were called like the grundies but I’m not sure. Lovely illustrations though.
Hi, I am looking for a book from the late 80’s or early 90’s. It was about a bear (possibly a teddy bear) that went into the woods at night and had some kind of party with other bears, then came back home to it’s owner’s house with muddy feet (not a frank ashe book). The next night he comes back with a missing button. Each night/morning he comes back with something else askew.
Hi, looking for a book that I read sometime around 1985-1990, so it would have been published before that. It was about a tiger cub that lived in the zoo with his mother, and he went round to all the other animals and they told him bedtime stories. The only ones I remember are there was one about a race at sports day, and another one about a crocodile being turned into a handbag or pair of shoes. I think it was laid out as a selection of short stories. There was a tiger on the front cover and I *think* maybe a rainbow. It was a large hardback book. Thanks.
That story would be the Twelve Dancing Princesses. I had a look on eBay and there are quite a few different versions.
Thank you for your response, but I had a look and that’s not it unfortunately. This story was a short story inside a collection of “fairy tales”. It is the whole book I’m looking for, and I still can’t seem to find it anywhere.
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I did a search for that title, and the name didn’t ring a bell. That seems to be a book (or books) about a single story. The book I’m looking for had several stories in it (odd fairy tales) and the version I read didn’t match up to what I’m remembering in my head. Thanks so much for the suggestion though.
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Look by Michael Grejniec (1993)
A sick boy confined to bed has nothing to do but stare out his window at a patch of sidewalk and the apartment building across the street. “How boring,” he thinks. But almost at once his attention is caught by various streetside dramas: the boy’s doctor leaves, a plane roars by (“See the shadow moving across the building?”), a tropical bird escapes his cage, and a circus–complete with a drum-playing monkey, an elephant and juggler–parades past. Meanwhile, a series of miniature domestic episodes unfolds, Rear Window -style, in the building across the street.
Yes, thank you!! It must be out of print, because I can only find it on google once I type in the author’s name. It also appears to have been published under the title “Mira” as well? Very confusing. Thank you so much for finding it!
Yes – “mira” is the Spanish word for “look” so the book “Mira” is the Spanish language version of the book. If you want the book to be in English, you’ll want to buy “Look” and not “Mira.”
Hi I am looking for a picture book from about the 70’s or 80’s. It may have been part of the parents magazine books but i am not sure about that.
It was about a ghost knight who lived in England (I think). He could eat food and was friends with the man that lived in the castle. He slept in a boat on top of an old well in the dungeon. At night he would get terrible nightmares of everyone who had tried to kill him when he was alive. It turns out that the town was pouring chemicals into the lake of the town. The chemicals where giving him nightmares. At the end of the book he becomes a water scientist and goes out to test the water. My family cannot remember the name of the book and we cannot find it anywhere.
I’m looking for a children’s picture book. Would be published at the least pre-2000 and honestly could have been published even earlier, I just can’t remember very well. It’s about a boy who has to stay home from school because he’s sick, and he spends the day looking out the window of his bedroom. He lives in a high-up apartment in a city. He observes his neighbors, pedestrians, etc.. I feel like maybe there was some sort of parade involved at some point. The illustrations were relatively simple. I do think that the apartment building was yellow brick. I don’t know the author. I thought that it was just titled “Look.” but that hasn’t yielded any results.
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Hi, I asked about 7 years ago with. I luck so I thought I’d try again!
I’m looking for a book that was read to me a child in the late 1980’s. I believe it was an a4 sized hardback book with white as the main colour. The story revolves around a little girl who had a pet lamb. One night the lamb escapes/ gets lost (?) The girl finds it and there is a terrible storm. When they return in th e morning the girls hair has turned from black to pure white.
I thought this was a single story in a book but my sister remembers it as part of a story collection.
Any help would be very much appreciated though, thank you
Hi, I asked about 7 years ago with. I luck so I thought I’d try again!
I’m looking for a book that was read to me a child in the late 1980’s. I believe it was an a4 sized hardback book with white as the main colour. The story revolves around a little girl who had a pet lamb. One night the lamb escapes/ gets lost (?) The girl finds it and there is a terrible storm. When they return in th e morning the girls hair has turned from black to pure white.
I thought this was a single story in a book but my sister remembers it as part of a story collection.
Any help would be very much appreciated though, thank you
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Thank you, that’s it!! I love this site.
Ghost Town Treasure by Clyde Robert Bulla.
Ty’s town is slowly becoming a ghost town, a deserted place where no one lives. Ty doesn’t want to move. He doesn’t want to leave behind his beloved gray pony, or his big wooden desk. Just before his family packs up for good, though, his friends Nora and Paul come to visit. Their grandfather used to prospect for gold in the town, and they’ve brought his ancient diary with its tantalizing clues to hidden treasure. If Ty and his friends can find the treasure in time, it may help to save the town.
Paul and Nora’s great grandfather is buried in the town and they have his diary. After they arrive, they read the last pages and he mentions finding a cave and one of the last passages appears to be “gold in the cave.” Excited about the possibility, the three children try following the cryptic clue as to the location and at first cannot find it. They persist and when the cave is found it turns out that there is no gold, but the existence of the cave leads to enough interest that the town starts coming back to life.
Ghost Town Treasure, by Clyde Robert Bulla.
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Pardon if this is a repeat but when I refreshed to check for replies, my post was gone. I’m in search of a 60s book, probably Scholastic, about a couple of kids who find a diary that they think says gold in the cave, but eventually they realize it says cold in the cave. However, the cave is explored and when people come to see it, the tourism revitalizes the dying little town. There’s a hotel and a Mr. Starbuck involved. Any help would be appreciate.
Looking for a book from probably the 60s, probably Scholastic. It was about a couple of kids who find an old diary that seems to say there was gold in a cave, but they finally realize it says cold in the cave. There’s a man named Mr. Starbuck in there somewhere and after the cave is explored, people come to see it and the dying town is revitalized. No clue about title or author. Any ideas? Thanks for help!
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Is she human, or some kind of otherworld creature?
Is she human, or some kind of otherworld creature?
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I’m looking for a children’s book from the 80s or 90s that has illustrations in this style: https://www.deviantart.com/artoveli/art/VOMS-834139579 I thought it was possibly the Ivy Cottage series, but when I see those illustrations, they’re not as cartoony as the series I have in my mind (or in the image above). It’s really the red shock of hair that reminds me of whatever it was.
Anyone know of a book from 70s or 80s about Sister Mary Starshine and her sisters. She is unsure about her identity and she looks at what her sisters do(one painted flower’s petals) and eventually found herself and began decorating her body with hearts. She been made fun of for being all white and pale…
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Hi, I’m looking for a picture book I read when I was little. It was some kind of journey or search (maybe treasure?) but every page was the next step in the travel. I specifically remember there was a part about a boat and then when they got the next part there might have been a trap door? The character went under ground and down to whatever they were searching for and something unexpected happened and the book took the character running/rushing back through every step of his travel.
Hello, i am looking for a youth fiction book from the 80s or 90’s, maybe from Scholastic, that deals with middle school football players and i remember a bid deal about the players not liking to eat the schools breadsticks with blue cheese, except one player. I know it is vague, but i remember reading it in upper elementary or early middle school, around the same time as How to Eat Fried Worms.
Hello, looking for a book that is like an illustrated Halloween book for kids. There is a spot where a boy jumps over a fence and says something about “jumped over a fence and ripped my pants”. It was probably in the eighties.
Found two possibilities:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7930473
https://www.amazon.com/Timberline-Hound-Adventures-mountains-including/dp/B000OCX18C/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1648326301&refinements=p_27%3AIvan+Pfaff&s=books&sr=1-1
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Hello, I’m posting both of these since there’s extra information.
I’m looking for a book I read in 1964, but it may be much older than that. It was about a city boy who was failing math class. When school was out for the summer he went to stay with his relatives in the country and he was given a hound puppy to raise. The experience was so powerful that it saved him from failure and helped him to have a good life. I remembered it being called “the little hound” or something like that. My search hasn’t come up with anything so far. Does anyone know what I’m looking for here?
Thank you,
Diane B
Hi. I’m looking for a chapter book that I read in 1966, but the book could have been a lot older than that. It was about a city boy who is feeling bad about failing math. School finally ends and he goes to stay on his grandparents farm. There he is given a hound dog puppy to raise. He falls in love with the dog and has adventures with it so that he feels better about himself and life in general. I was sure it was called “ little hounds” or something like that, but my search of hound dog books have not come up with it. Anyone know what I’m looking for here? It had some line drawing illustrations but no color pictures.
Thank you.
I don’t remember a specific incident, but could it possibly be one of the books from The Archives of Anthropos series by John White (maybe The Tower of Geburah or The Iron Sceptre)? I believe the first book was published in 1978 and it seems to have been heavily inspired by Narnia.
Hello. I’m looking for a chapter book of short stories. It was hard cover and yellow. I remember it did not have an illustrated cover….maybe a few illustrations inside maybe not. One of the stories was about a babushka and her grand daughter making buns together. Possibly from the 50s/60s. It was a small book in size but moderately thick.
was the planet called Phatos? i found a book-on-tape online listing something called Tell Me A Story tape book – 4 cassettes, 8 stories – and one seems to match your description. By Trenna Daniells, Hawaiian artist – she has a website so maybe you could email her directly
The Spotlight on Literacy series of textbooks by Macmillan/McGraw Hill. The third-grade reader contains both stories. Elaine Mei Aoki is listed as co-author.
Yes, that’s it! Thank you so much for a quick response!
You’re welcome, and thanks for posting back.
Wild stab here – but you may be thinking of “Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth”, by E.L. Konigsburg
Hello everyone, I have a sort of different request. I was wondering if anyone could help me identify the publisher or title of story anthologies/textbooks that would have been used in American elementary schools in the early 2000s. Every year when I was in school we would have a different level of the book, filled with stories and also related comprehension questions and activities and that sort of thing. I just think it would be fun if I could find these anthologies and maybe rediscover some stories that I’ve forgotten. I think they always had hardcovers, with white edges and a picture on it, and they were good-sized books. I went to elementary school in Massachusetts from 2000-20006. I specifically remember the one from third grade contained “How My Parents Learned to Eat” by Ina R. Friedman and I think the same one also contained “Miss Rumphius” by Barbara Cooney. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you!
Update: looking for a child’s book, included 9 suns and 9 moons. It was about a little girl who would have several dreams. I don’t remember much about it but there was this one scene where she was being fed candy by her evil grandfathers.
This is a long shot, but I’m looking for a large, hardcover book of fairy tales from the 70s or 80s. They were very different stories, unconventional, and unique. Made for older children I believe. The artwork on the cover was stunning, and inside the book as well. There were many different stories , but I remember vaguely one about water fairies or nymphs that would dance at night and hide in the day, and one came out to meet someone.
Hello! Im looking for a random childrens book I remember getting from a yard sale in the early 2000s, im thinking possibly written in the 80s, 90s, or before. I believe the book is about some type of little monster/ multiple little monsters/ something like that that followed a child around in their home?? the monster was drawn particularly creepy to me and especially terrified me as a child hahah. After trying to do some digging I think the illustration is similar to Mercer Mayers “There’s A Nightmare in My Closet” and “There’s Something in the Attic” but I’m 100% sure it’s not either of those. I believe the monster in the story might be green or purple and might have been wearing a striped sweater??? I also remember other freaky monstrous illustrations from the book including a scary looking radiator haha. any help is appreciated <3
I remember Our Mother’s House by Julian Gloag. There were a lot of children and a lone parent who died. The cover was green. You might have misremembered the sex of the parent?
Thank you! I’ll see if this is it! If not, it sounds good anyway.
I am looking for a book that my mother used to read to me. I was born in 1998 for publication date reference but the book may be older. The story was about a little girl who wanted a pet and chose a monster-type creature instead. The pet starts to get sick and depressed despite every thing the girl tries to cheer it up. Finally the parents say the creature needs to return to where it came from so they take it to a place where more creatures like it live. The creature is so happy to be back with his family and where it belongs. The little girl says she can come visit often. I have tried repeatedly with no success to trigger the book’s appearance in countless search engine attempts. This forum is my last hope for identifying the name of this book. Any knowledge is appreciated!
I have been looking for a children’s book from the 1970’s or 1980’s. It has a blue cover. I do not remember the title or the author and illustrator. Inside the book are super neat illustrations-one that I remember is of a woman in a black swimsuit swimming in a lake, you can see the fish, grass, and other items in the lake. I think it may have been a hidden objects book. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Trying to find a book I read in the late fifty’s early 60’s. It may have been a series, the illustrations, in my recollections, were kind of like Robert McCloskey’s Homer Price. BUT this was about a boy in the southwest, maybe Arizona, and the part I remember most is his caution around arroyos (basically dry river beds), and how dangerous they could be during a rainstorm. Maybe he gets caught in one? Maybe there is a cactus or a horned toad involved? Any help would be appreciated!
Hi! I am looking for a children’s picture book my nana used to read me in the 80s, but it may be older than that, because I remember it having a crackle-y spine and a very plain cover without a jacket. It’s about a rainbow. Things start out in black and white and then one by one they gather the colors and in the end there’s a rainbow. There might be a hot air balloon as part of that illustration? Thank you so much!!
Hi! I am looking for a children’s picture book my nana used to read me in the 80s, but it may be older than that, because I remember it having a crackle-y spine and a very plain cover without a jacket. It’s about a rainbow. Things start out in black and white and then one by one they gather the colors and in the end there’s a rainbow. There might be a hot air balloon as part of that illustration? Thank you so much!!
Boy, Was I Mad! by Kathryn Hitte, illustrated by Mercer Mayer. The style is very Sendakian, especially the boy wearing the hat–looks a lot like One Was Johnny. You can see it read on Youtube. (The book club was Parents’ Magazine Press.)
That’s the one. Thank you!! The illustrations reminds me of “Where the Wild Things Are”, but that is the specific book I remember 50+ years ago. It’s nice to connect to your childhood sometimes, and this one was etched in my brain, because I was a mad little kid myself and could relate… LOL!! Thanks again!!
Maybe: The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha, by Lloyd Alexander.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Two_Lives_of_Lukas-Kasha
I thought I read a children’s fantasy novel years ago– maybe in the 70’s– in which at least one child swam across/through since kind of pool or lake and came out clean on the other side–like a symbol of baptism. I thought it was a Narnia book, but after rereading them as an adult (maybe not The Horse and His Boy), I think it might have been another book (or that I imagined it). Any ideas?
In Voyage of The Dawn Treader in chapter 7 Eustace swims in a clear pool to try to undragon himself but it takes Aslan to peel the dragon skin from him. Is that it?
i don’t think it was the nutshell series. could it have been something by shel silverstein?
Yes, it could have been Silverstein. I will do further searches for his childrens books.
Hi! I think the book you’re looking for is “The First Two Lives of Lukas Kasha,” by Lloyd Alexander. 🙂
Hi, I have been trying to find an illustrated anthology I used to read to my kids for years…sadly it was lost. It had a red cover and included nursery rhymes, poems, stories, and even some Aesop’s fables. I’m not sure when it was published but I used it in the late 80s and early 90s. I thought it might have been a Random House anthology but haven’t had any luck searching it that way. I’m about to have my first grandchild and would love to locate the book so I can continue the tradition and read to him from it. Any suggestions?
Hi I was wondering if anybody knew about this children’s book that I can’t remember for the life of me… I think it was from the 60s or 70s and it was about a mother and her daughter that live in a small house with the mother’s boyfriend and a garden
Hello! I am looking for a poetry anthology probably from the 70s or 80s that was sold in the North American market (I was based in Canada). The anthology included the poem My Uncle James by Margaret Mahy. I believe that the edition I had growing up had a cover with a cartoonish style illustration with a yellow sun and a blue sky. Thank you so much for your time and help!
I remember being 6 or 7 years old, and moving into a new house with the family, and one of the things my mother and father did was buy me a subscription to one of the childrens book clubs. One of the books I had was about a young boy (about my age at that time) who was really bored, trying to find something to do, and some of the illustrations I remember this boy doing was lying on his stomach near an anthill watching the ants work… then he got bored with that and walked on a sidewalk in the city past some construction. Those were the only two illustrations I remember, and I thought it was Maurice Sendak who illustrated it (similar to the illustrations in his Nutshell Series – in fact it may have been one of the Nutshell Series books), but I can’t seem to find the book name of the book he illustrated that comes close to what I’m trying to find. And I may be way off on the illustrator, but those are the two illustrations I remember.
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I read a children’s book (1950’s) about a medieval tailor who has a canary. His neighbor finds the bird’s singing so annoying, he takes the canary to get rid of it, but is eventually enchanted by it. I remember that the tailor was very thin and wore green. The neighbor was heavy-set. The illustrations (if I am remembering them correctly) remind me of William Steig’s illustrations. Any help would be appreciated
I read a children’s book (1950’s) about a medieval tailor who has a canary. His neighbor finds the bird’s singing so annoying, he takes the canary to get rid of it, but is eventually enchanted by it. I remember that the tailor was very thin and wore green. The neighbor was heavy-set. The illustrations (if I am remembering them correctly) remind me of William Steig’s illustrations. Any help would be appreciated.
Hey, so I don’t know the age range for this website but there was a book I read in around 2012 for kids and it was a picture book. The book had an audio to listen to it with. One of the ending pictures was I think two prisoners sitting in a cell, talking about it after they had escaped the house. The art style was pretty simple, with the main medium being water color I think? The book was about two prisoners who escaped to a haunted house that was full of creatures who were chasing them. Two distinct “ghosts” were a tall lady with parted black hair and a long black dress, and a vampire. Another one of the ending scenes was when all the creatures who were hunting for the two people were looking out of a window that showed the sun rising, with the two prisoners hiding in a chest. That’s all I can remember, sorry if this is long, but I’d like to look back on this book to see how scary it really was.
Looking for a child’s book, included 9 moons and 9 suns and was about a little girl dreaming. One of her dreams was about being fed candy by her evil granddad so that the little girl would lose her teeth.
Could it possibly be Where the Wild things Are? (Sorry if it isn’t :(. )
Hello, I’m looking for a story I read as a child in the late 80’s or early 90’s about a lazy, good for nothing son who lives in a village. One day a magician comes to the village and performs many amazing tricks. For his final trick he asks for the laziest person in the village, and the boy is brought to the front. The magician puts a bucket over his head and he is taken to a world where he many character building adventures. At the end of the story, the magician takes off the bucket, and only a few seconds have passed and nothing appears to have happened. The crowd is disappointed, but they soon see a complete character change in the boy and begin to think it was the magicians best trick.
Nice Little Girls, by Elizabeth Levy (1974). The girl is Jackie.
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Sounds like the real life of Josephine Baker, but I don’t know about a childhood book that old.
This will be hard. It was at least 15-20 years ago that I read this (aka, just looked at the pictures because I was quite young)
All I can remember is that it’s about a young girl who is either kidnapped, or lives with/raised by 3 (?) hairy monsters. At least I think they were monsters!
One illustration I think, involved the girl hiding under a furry/hairy blanket and then later escaping.
The illustrations were either black and white, or very dark moody colors.
I so wish I could remember more, I know there’s not much to go off of.
Looking for a childrens book around the late 80’s possibly. An alien crash lands on earth. He is tiny on earth. He has a matchbox bed and he lives there until he fixes his spaceship. I dont think there are any other characters. Just the tiny alien living in the big world. Possibly lives in a teapot??
A book with two young girls, I think one of them was a witch or something – either way she betrayed the protagonist and may have swapped bodies with someone, or something along those lines? I remember it freaked me out/shocked me as a child! Will either be British or American. I would’ve read it around 2002-2004, from the library. I swear it had a navy blue front cover, and I think one of the girls was called Meredith…
Thank you, that isn’t the one.
Please help, I’ve been desperately looking for a book from my childhood for YEARS without any luck at all. I have very little to go on. I think it was probably from the 70’s or 80’s. Mustard yellow cover, maybe a yellow-orange. Young girl has a dog, has to send dog away, or parents sent dog away? I’m not sure. I was so young. But I remember one page had an illustration of the dog in the back of the car being driven away from the girl.
Tim Rabbit and the Scissors by Alison Uttley.
The story can be found in Ten Tales of Tim Rabbit by Alison Uttley, and in A Treasury of Bedtime Stories by Hilda Offen.
Desperately looking for a book from my childhood. Read during early 1990’s, possibly from late 1980’s. All about rooms full of candy. Candy was in jars, clear glass jars with things like peppermint sticks, lollipops, gum drops. There were also pages with doors you had to “choose” from. Colorful candy. I also believe the doors were numbered. Thank you!!
For the first one, I’m having trouble finding anything in English. There’s a 1966 Russian cartoon about a hippo who was afraid of vaccinations, based on a story by Czech author Miloš Macourek. It seems likely that this is the story you’re looking for – but I’m having trouble finding it in an English-language story collection from the correct time frame, or with a story about a color-eating sun.
You can see the cartoon version below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7VMmqQhpk
The second one is Arrow at America’s Spaceport by Pat Scarboro.
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A Witch’s Brew for Little Readers, a set of Dell Yearling books.
Timothy and Two Witches by Margaret Storey, illustrated by Charles W. Stewart (3rd Printing); Miss Clafooty and the Demon by J. David Townsend, illustrated by Edward Gorey (3rd Printing); The Thing at the Foot of the Bed by Maria Leach, illustrated by Kurt Werth (6th Printing); The Secret of the Sachem’s Tree by F.N. Monjo, illustrated by Margot Tomes (4th Printing); The Witch’s Egg by Madeleine Edmondson, illustrated by Kay Chorao (4th Printing); The Strange Story of the Frog Who Became a Prince by Elinor Lander Horwitz, illustrated by John Heinly).
I am looking for a children’s book I had as a child (late 70s) – about a girl named jamie (?) who started a new school and was initially mistaken for a boy. She continued to push the boundaries with her teacher when she insists on doing the ‘boy activity’ of building a box – her parents get called and she gets to build the box. The two other main characters are named Susie and Barbara. One initially tries to bully Jamie, however the other steps up and instead invites her over to play at her house, where she has an amazing train set. And they become friends. While tame by today’s standards, at the time it was an amazing book about girls having a wide variety of interests and toys not belonging only to one gender.
Once Upon a Time in the Meadow by Rose Selarose.
And yes, the wounded animal is a rabbit.
James Stevenson’s books about Grandpa and Uncle Wainey, telling tall tales about their childhood to Mary Ann and Louie.
The one with giant vegetables is Grandpa’s Too-Good Garden.
Other titles include That’s Exactly the Way it Wasn’t, We Hate Rain!, What’s Under My Bed?, There’s Nothing to Do, Will You Please Feed Our Cat?, No Friends, That Dreadful Day, Worse Than Willy!, and We Can’t Sleep.
I’m looking for a children’s book I use to have around 2000. I can’t remember the name but I remember most of what it says. I gently whispered and I promised you this, I love you very I said it with a kiss. For the rest of all time, with every morning song and moonlit rhyme, will always have each other, you’ll never need to fear, because I love you very and I’ll always be near. Something like that. Has anyone ever heard of or read this book? Please help I really want to find it.
Doesn’t match exactly, but have you looked at Virginia Kahl’s The Duchess Bakes a Cake?
I’m looking for a book series.about a boy and his baby brother who has a moustache. It’s either 70s,80’s or early 90’s l. I remember one of the stories had either giant vegatables or a giant beanstalk it’s not moustache baby
I’m looking for a book from either the 80s or 90s, a little girl is always disobeying her mother and doesn’t like spaghetti and throws it at the wall and wants to go play outside in the dark. Then after doing so realises she needs to be good and goes inside eats her spaghetti, brushes her teeth and goes to bed
Looking for a book that was from the 80s (maybe earlier). A bunch of little girls decide to have a picnic. They dress up (in adult clothes from an old trunk), and go on a little parade on the way, and find an injured animal (a bunny, I think) and help it. Pretty detailed art.
I’m looking for an illustrated nursery rhymes book from the late 70s early 80s.the illustrations are quite distinct,creepy,gothic,colourful but green was a dominant colour palette. The book was large,A4 or A3 in size. the images would be considered unusual today and very detailed and precise in nature.
Bit of a stretch, but have you ruled out Where the Lilies Bloom?
Daddy Fixed the Vacuum Cleaner, by Robert Scotellaro. You can see it read on Youtube.
Daddy Fixed the Vacuum Cleaner by Robert Scotellaro
“After Daddy fixes it, the vacuum cleaner works so well that not even the baby’s diaper is safe.”
From the last page of the book: “Daddy fixed the vacuum cleaner – the thing would hardly suck – but maybe Dad should not have used – the engine from his truck.”
Looking for a large hard-cover children’s storybook from early 70’s I think, it was British or European, two of the stories were about a hippo who was afraid of innoculations, and one of the sun caught “eating” the colors off hanging laundry. It had beautiful illustrations, one of the sun in the sky with the colors it ate all over its face.
Second one was large paperback children’s book about the space race and Cape Kennedy, the “narrator” of the book was a horse, I remember illustrations comparing the sizes of rockets to the Statue of Liberty and the horse, and the horse taking a space walk and going through splashdown
“And I can always manage”… it’s the repetitive saying of the little girl character from a children’s book my Mum was given in the 1950s in UK. That’s all she can remember but loved the book very much and I’m hoping to find it for her. Fingers crossed here! Thanks
I’m looking for a book I loved about a mischievous young rabbit who gets ahold of scissors and decides to give himself a haircut — he of course cuts off all his fur, and his mom has to then sew him a fur coat, which he’s embarrassed to wear to school of course. It had great illustrations, too, and I just thought it was the most hilarious book (and I definitely got the lesson to avoid self-haircuts tho I’m a big fan of DIY ones now lol). I’m not sure when it was written, but I think it’s older, as we had a ton of older books from our grandparents and what not, so like somewhere between the 1960s-1980s?
I’m trying to remember a book from the 90s or 2000s. I vaguely remember the title being something like “Daddy put the car engine in the vacuum cleaner” or something along those lines. Both my brother and I distinctly remember it, but I can’t find it anywhere so it feels like a fever dream.
How about Lots of Stories by Rowena Bennett?
Billy and Emma by Alice Mead.
Billy and Emma, two macaws, do tricks and talk for the zoo visitors until a robber steals Emma one night. With the help of a clever crow, Billy breaks out of his cage; friendly pigeons lead them to their kidnapped friend, and a rescue is staged. Returning home, they are greeted joyfully by the other animals. When the robber shows up again, the macaws aid in his capture by warning the zookeeper and screeching “Call the police!”
