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My son is trying to figure out the name of a book his grandmother use to read to them 40 years ago. It had something to do with a boy having a hole in his shoe and something to do with maybe patching it with a coin maybe with a tiger on it. Any knowledge shared would be greatly appreciated.
I am looking for an old Children’s book about a Cat that gets delivered by the Post Office to an old man. I can’t remember the title but in the Book, the old man says “stuff and nonsense” quite a bit. At the end, he falls in love with the cat. Please help.
Our teacher read a book to us in elementary school, late 1970’s or early 80’s. It was set in the future and the child in the story was getting a new bicycle. They went to the store to pick it out and the shopkeepers were astonished that the people came to the store in person – nobody does that anymore! I’d love to know what book that was since it so closely matches todays society.
The second book I can’t find I read in roughly 2012 but it was from years before. It was intended for those still midway through learning to read so had larger font and simplified language. I remember that the title had alliteration of the letter P in it – something along the lines of Princess Polly and the Purple Planet, but the name is almost definitely wrong.
In terms of the content of the book it was following a boy who is in a maths class when an alien spaceship appears with the said princess inside who says she’s from the future and needs his help to save the future. He says it’s not him and she spouts something that only applies to him so he joins her (I think there’s a goldfish at this point?) They travel to the future and she complains about how long it takes to travel thousands of years when it’s only a few seconds. They get to the future and they’re in a futuristic kitchen and then it all goes a bit hazy in my memory other than she’s definitely lying about something and she actually stole her dads time machine. Any ideas? Thanks
I’m afraid I have two books that I cannot find:
The first I read some time in the 2000s but it was definitely from before the turn of the century judging by my memory of the cover. It was about some sort of slime that gained sentience but in a distinctly evil way that was potentially either green or hot pink. I’m pretty sure the cover had the slime making its way down the stairs of the house – it didn’t have eyes, it was just slime. I was convinced the book was called Goosebumps until I tried to look it up and couldn’t find it in any of the Goosebumps collection – at least not how I remember it.
It’s not Can’t you Sleep, Little Bear? is it?
Remembering a childrens book I had in the 90s. My sister was born in 85 and it may have been her book first. I think it was set near a beach and there were twin girl characters in it who were not nice. I remember the illustrations so distinctly but that doesn’t help with a Google search!
The author is Prudence Andrew.
From “Contemporary Authors”:
“Andrew’s first series of books for children follows the adventures of a boy named Ginger and his friends–all working-class kids from a variety of ethnic backgrounds who live in the city. Ray notes in Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers that, when the ‘Ginger’ series was first published in the 1960s, it was among the earliest ‘to include black characters as an integral part of the story.’ In Ginger among the Pigeons, the fourth book in the series, Ginger and his friends help old Mr. Bean protect his champion homing pigeon from a competitor who will do anything to win.”
I had a book when I was little that was most likely published 1999-2005, it was a children’s bedtime book. I think it might’ve been a story book with 3 small stories in it but I’m not entirely sure. In case it wasn’t the story I’m looking for was about a baby bear going to bed but couldn’t because of a sound in the house and he goes looking for the sound. I remember a part where he eats a cookie and then gets scared of something and hides behind a curtain in his house.
1980s weird short stories book
I’m looking for a book I remember as a child at primary school – so this would have been early 1980s.
Here’s what I remember:
– there was a dark blue or green cover
– there was a story about a girl who was ill and travelled to a strange land – I think her name was Tansy, and there was something to do with flowers that was important. I think her mother may also have died…
– there was another story about a child who drew a chalk man and it followed the child in a really creepy way and got the child into all sorts of trouble.
Is this ringing any bells with anyone?
Emily x
I’ve never read it, but maybe this one?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17411015-the-last-of-the-really-great-whangdoodles
You’re welcome. This was part of a series, which you’d probably have remembered, so unlikely to be the one. Hope someone finds it!
Find the hidden hearts
I loved this book as a kid. You had to find the hidden hearts on the page. (If I remember correctly finding the hearts wasn’t the main part of the book. It was just a added bonus.)
I remember the characters were animals (maybe cats?) and something to do with a babysitter I think? Also I feel like the little girl in the book had a special purple dress and maybe danced?? It was probably around the late 90’s or 2000’s when I had the book.
Perhaps The River at Green Knowe by Lucy Boston. The covers would differ according to British and American publishers, paperback etc.
Thanks, I just looked that up and I don’t think that was it, though I may look for a real copy to be sure. Appreciate the suggestion!
Maybe one of the Fern Hollow books by John Patience?
If it contained actual photos, it might be one of the Old Bear and Friends books by Jane Hissey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Bear_and_Friends
Hi, as a child in the 80s I read a book about a group of children that go down a river though a close tunnel of greenery and end up in another land. I think there were talking animals there. I can’t remember much more, but the cover was of the river through the green tunnel-like trees. Thank you for any help you can offer.
Tim has a friend named Ginger in Edward Ardizzone’s books.
Possibly from Ardizzone’s Little Tim books. Tim and Ginger, Ship’s Cook Ginger… although you would probably have remembered other things as well.
I seem to remember the books were based around North London possibly Tottenham. A sort of working class “Just William” series!
I remember being a child in the 60’s and reading a series of books about a boy named “Ginger”. Google not helpful but I hope you can be.
Any chance you’re combining the details of multiple books? Peter and the red door definitely fit Mama Squirrel’s suggestion of The Red Door – but that one isn’t about colors and has nothing to do with painting the house.
Then there’s The House of Four Seasons by Roger Duvoisin, which is a book about colors, and the story is about a family deciding what color to paint their house. (The son is named Billy, not Peter.) Suzy wants to paint it red with green shutters , Billy wants to paint it yellow with purple shutters, Mother wants to paint it brown with blue shutters, and Father jokingly suggests green with orange shutters. Suzy suggests they paint each side of the house a different color. They go to the paint store – which only has paint in primary colors. Father buys some of each and takes them home for a lesson in color blending – ending up with the lesson that white is actually a blend of all the colors. They end up painting the house white – with green shutters and a red door.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9tU4HVmjHs
Try this instead: The House of Four Seasons, by Roger Duvoisin.
Hmmm…I was pretty sure that Locke’s book sounded like the right one, but I’ve read it online and I don’t think it sounds just like yours.
https://archive.org/details/reddoorlock00lock
Edith R. Locke, The Red Door.
Hello Dagg, That was nice of you just to edit it, but go ahead and repost your query so it ends up near the top. I don’t have a way to move them. Suzanne
We had a Golden Book in the 1950s (maybe a Tell-a-Tale book?) about colors and the last line of the book was “And a red door for Peter.”
(Greg Here) I remember this book too. I thought the title was, “A Red Door for Peter.” I remember that in the story, all the family members wanted the entire house painted their favorite color: Dad-brown, Mom-Yellow, Sister-Blue, Older Brother-Green, Peter-Red. I recall a two-page spread where they all have “bubble thoughts” with the house in their minds the one single color. In the end the dad announces that the house will be white except the roof which will be brown. The others chime in, “And yellow shutters cried mom. With blue window boxes asked sister. With green….. And a red door for Peter. I just can’t find anything online about this book. -Greg
There is this really cute book I just remembered
that I’d love to find again. I remember it mainly
being a quite realistic picture book with little
dialogue if any.
Basically there’s these old raggy stuffed animals,
I remember one being a rough looking old bunny,
and they’re on an adventure in a house to be
reunited. That’s vaguely the story if I remember
exactly. It’s mainly a cute picture book and the
pictures told most of the story. I’m not sure if the
pictures were 100 percent realistic but it was
pretty close.
I would love to find this book again for me and
my daughter. It was probably from the 90’s – early 200’s.
Here’s one version of the cover. It is green and has snow – but no house. Just the two boys, a snowman, and some trees.
A Return to Christmas by Chris Heimerdinger
“Until he was three years old, Artemus Holiday and his twin brother, Andrew, shared all the adventures of life. But when young Artemus lost his brother in a terrible tragedy on Christmas day, the magic of the Christmas season seemed forever shrouded by a cloud of sadness and despair. But miracles have been known to happen during this time of year. This heartwarming Christmas story follows the lives of two eleven-year-old heroes—the wary and cynical Artemus and an outcast named Chess, a homeless con artist with a heart of gold. Through a simple twist of fate, these boys will find themselves swept into the adventure of a lifetime—one that takes them beyond their wildest imaginings. A Return to Christmas wraps holiday sadness, joy, and wonder into one very special package. ”
And from a rather skeptical online review: “This book was completely ridiculous. How do parents not recognize their own son? Really the twin didn’t die but happened to get picked up by some drugged up lady? What was she doing in Utah anyway? Never explained. And the two boys just happened to run into each other? What are the odds?”
And from another review: “Two boys encounter each other in a store. One is there to purchase new clothes, the other to steal what he needs to stay warm. These boys look remarkably alike and through an accident, exchange places for a short time. The poor boy finally knows what family is, the rich young man finally learns to appreciate his family.”
You are a LIFESAVER! Thank you so much, I thought I was going insane.
Glad I could help! Thanks for posting back.
The King with Six Friends, probably. Another version is The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship.
Yes! The King with Six Friends! That’s the one. Thanks!
You’re welcome! Thanks for posting back.
I’m looking for a book I read in the early 90s. I don’t think it was a Little Golden Book, but it was about that size. When you opened the book, there was an amazing map of an animal village. There was a big tree that some of the animals lived in and I think a swamp next to it with alligators on a fan boat maybe. I spent a lot of time looking at this map when I was a kid, but I don’t remember what the story was about. If anyone has an idea what it could be, please let me know. Thanks!
Hi! I’m looking for a book I read in the early 2000s I’m guessing.
It is about twin brothers who run into each other on their birthday. The one is thought to be dead by drowning in the river in their backyard when they were 3. A woman with long black hair actually saw him go under and pulled him out and then kept him. The twins accidentally switch at one point.
I swear the book was dark green and had a house on the cover with snow on the ground? I keep thinking the title is something about Christmas but I can’t find it.
A book from the early 80’s, about an exiled prince who in on a journey. He meets and recruits others along the way. One of the characters he meets is made of fire. A dancing fire dude. Ring any bells?
In 1983/84, my Grade two teacher read a book about a kid who went to another world by going under a table. There was a bear involved. This is all I remember, but it has haunted me for decades. Sound familiar to anyone?
Except that Elmer doesn’t have a beard. But have a look at it anyway.
Elizabeth Haidle, Elmer the Grump.
Ahhh! Thank you so much! I was able to buy it on Amazon now that I know what it’s called!
You’re welcome!
You’re welcome! Thanks for posting back.
Hi, im looking for a childrens book I think was about the sea? or had some stories about the sea. All I can remember were these characters that seemed like they had a face on their chest and were wearing grass skirts? I remember seeing a lot of sand and sea shells on some of the pages. Im also very certain the book was green and had a ship on the cover with the before mentioned characters.
The Groggs Have a Wonderful Summer.
I cannot thank you enough, this was such a huge piece of my childhood!
I’m looking for a book that I read as a child in the late 90’s. I can remember it made my mom cry while reading it to me. It was about an old man who found a snail and maybe rescued it and had it as a pet and then it died. I remember the man had a beard and the pictures were very detailed. Thanks!
Hi, I’m looking for a book about a boy who visits the zoo. All I can vividly recall about it is that a boy falls down a hole and the elephant uses her trunk to rescue him.
I was born in 85 so likely to be a 80s/early 90s book.
Random info but boy might be wearing red jumper.
I’ve googled and googled but nothing comes up! Any help would be grateful- it’s driving me nuts!!
Possibly a version of this book?
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Grannie_s_Wardrobe/pEkDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Hello,
I hadn’t received notice of your reply. Thank you for the lead. I’ll see if that’s what it is.
Thanks again!
Think this must be it:
“The story of Grump and Pout!” by: James McEwan
When a human comes to the forest and sells custom-made shoes to the monsters, bringing them previously unknown comfort, Grump no longer grumps and Pout no longer pouts.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1075017.The_Story_of_Grump_and_Pout
I’m trying to find a book that was in my British school library in the mid-late 1980’s.
Nicely illustrated, cannot remember what age range the words were targeted for.
A family (dad, mum & at least 2 children) could not go on an annual holiday (vacation) for forgotten reasons, and so decided to replicate a beach setting at home.
I remember an image of fake dangling seagulls on strings, and a fake beach setup on a house/apartment roof.
I’m trying to remember a book from my childhood…but I don’t remember too much of it.
I just remember children in raincoats and boots wandering through a berry field looking for their presents. I think it was like a scavenger hunt or something? I was a child in the early 1990s.
I think the book might have come with a cassette tape.
Thanks!
That sounds like the short story “A Pail of Air” by Fritz Leiber. It was first published in the December 1951 issue of Galaxy Magazine. You can also find it in several short story anthologies: The Best of Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, and Constellations: Stories of the Future (edited by Malcolm Edwards).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pail_of_Air
A Little House of Your Own, maybe? Some illustrations here:
http://www.kathleendeady.com/ALittleHouseofYourOwnPage.htm
I’m looking for a book that was read to my children in the early 1990’s. Has a red troll that gets new shoes that makes him not be grumpy anymore. (this is from my kids memories, so I apologize if its not quite right) Maybe not a troll? just a grump?
Thank you! The harder I though, the further the details danced out of reach! We home schooled years ago and lost them in a flood and would love to find them again.
You’re welcome-hope you find the titles you’re looking for.
Thank you : ) . With your help, MamaSquirrel, I should be able to!
Looking for a book I had when I was little- I’m not sure how old it was, but I was born in the early 1990s. It was a picture book about a girl that had hiding spots and ended up hiding in a hole in her backyard. The illustrations were not colored, just outlined (I thought it was a coloring book at one point) and I think the cover was orange. The story is just about a secretive hiding girl, I believe! Thanks much!
Asking for a friend:
“My Mom was talking about a book she read in childhood (mid 1950s-early
’60s) about the earth breaking free from the sun and traveling alone
through space and the only people left are this family and they live in a
blanket fort. I’d like to find a copy to surprise her with if I can.”
I think you may be looking for books by Maud and Miska Petersham.
Trying to locate a book my daughter remembers from her childhood in late 1980’s.
About three horses or ponies that were scared of different things…a pig, gate & tractor.
All she can remember of the cover was it was like the ones on James Herriots childrens books.
Trying to find a book that is 50 years or so, it’s about a kid that was to help his dad plant pumpkin seeds and ended up throwing the seeds under a stone. The kids began dreaming about the pumpkins seed he through under the stone rather than planting them.
Solved on another board: Pimpernel and Miranda.
Hello, I’m looking for a vintage (1940s? 1950s?) children’s picture book series about the history of objects. I think one object may have been shoes, and another cotton, and I think there were at least a dozen books in the series, maybe two dozen. I think but am not sure that the authors were a married couple.
Hi, this is my first post here, so I hope I’m doing it right. I’m trying to figure out which book this illustration comes from. I think it’s a children’s book from the 1910s or 1920s. I think it’s about a girl at her grandmother’s house, and there’s a secret of some type. A secret bureau or wardrobe maybe? The illustrations are predominantly red. There are children’s faces in or on the wall, and some small imps near the ceiling. It’s a pretty book, but also feels a little spooky. The illustration is captioned, “Grannie Would Never Tell What Was Inside It.”
Does this ring a bell for anyone?
Thanks!
Nikki
I’m trying to remember the same of a book from my childhood! I can’t remember much about it, but It had a mother and a daughter and I believe it was a rainy day. I think they had a yellow raincoat and red umbrella! I’m pretty sure the illustrations were mostly black and white except for the color yellow (and maybe red). I also very vividly remember the oatmeal they had for breakfast! The description was so detailed and I can so clearly see the oatmeal with the milk on top and maple syrup on top as well! Any ideas? I think it would’ve been from the 90s or before!
Hello! I’m looking for a book I read as a child, I read it in the late 90s but it was much older. In it a girl found a tiny dragon named Pimpernel. The title was something like “[Girl’s Name] and Pimpernel” and it had black and white illustrations.
Here’s a detailed description of Yobgorgle.
https://mondomolly.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/yobgorgle-mystery-monster-of-lake-ontario-by-daniel-m-pinkwater/
Right suit, wrong lake.
Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario, by Daniel M. Pinkwater.
“While visiting Rochester, New York, young Eugene meets the strange Professor Ambrose McFwain and goes out with him in his boat to search for a mysterious sea monster that has been sighted on Lake Ontario.”
I’m looking for a book that had a blue cover with a orange cat with a fishing rod , and he was pulling out a bicycle. It’s about a fish and a big orange cat trying to get him . The fish ends up helping the cat that’s tangled in the line or a net .. sound familiar to anyone ?
Hi
Looking for a children’s chapter book from 70s or 80s. A young boy goes to spend time with uncle and they search for the lockness monster. The part I really remember is the uncle goes to buy a van to travel in and in order to get a discount on it he must wear a chicken suit when he drives it.
Any help would be appreciated
J
It’s a fun book! I loved it as a kid. I hope your grandchildren enjoy it as much as you did!
Hi. I’m hoping I can find this book title. I don’t have a lot to go off of because I read it in like 2nd grade. It was a children’s book about a purple fluffy bug-type thing. If anyone knows Pokemon, this bug thing looked a lot like the Pokemon “Venonat” except it had tiny wings. I think I remember it being about it was sad a lot. I honestly can’t remember. That little creature has been stuck in my brain and I just need to know what book it was. I tried Google but came up with nothing. Hopefully, someone will know it. Thanks in advance to anyone who tries to find it.
The Haunted Ghost, by Barbara Ninde Byfield.
Here’s the Kirkus review:
hat nominally retired Haunted Spy of 1969, who last surfaced to solve the riddle of The Haunted Churchbell in 1971, applies his talents here to tracking down the source of the ghastly blue-green glow in the cellar of the castle he shares with the 400 year-old ghost Sir Roger de Rudisill. Then there are the hideous dreams that have been visiting both Sir Roger, who sleeps in the cellar, and Lars the fisherman, who sleeps in his shack on the ice. The villain turns out to be a factory that has been dumping pollution into the lake, but it’s soon cleared up after Sir Roger takes to “”haunt[ing] them the way they’ve been haunting me””. . . even switching from alchemy to the study of chemistry so he can police the lake by taking weekly water samples. Both text and illustrations have more style than the usual picture book about either ghosts or pollution, but we’re not sure that Sir Roger (whose experience leaves him “”even more transparent than usual””) has enough strength to transport his airy British wit across the Atlantic.
The Haunted Ghost, by Barbara Ninde Byfield.
Hi! I’m so happy I found this site and I hope someone knows the book I’m describing here. I wish I had ANYTHING at all, other than simply remembering the general plot. I’ve been trying, for years, to find this book (on and off for about 15 years) with no luck.
I was about 7-8 when I read this and I think it was an older book that had been published quite some time before I discovered it in my school library. (But, again, I’m not positive at all because I simply only remember bits and pieces.) It was an enchanting story to me, at the time, and is fantasy. I don’t remember any illustrations in it, no letters in the authors name, no publishing company info or year.
I know this will be so vague so I appreciate anyone who’s reading this and who even attempts to help!
The plot is this: A little girl has a field of flowers outside of where she lives (maybe in a castle or palace?) that is off limits. She’s always told not to go past the gates/fence/door that leads into this field of flowers (possibly red flowers… Maybe). Her curiosity gets the best of her one day and she goes out to pick what she believes to be the most beautiful flower she’s seen. After she picks it, she looks up and sees an even more beautiful one. She goes to pick that and it becomes a cycle until she’s utterly lost and can’t get back home.
This leads her to a magical castle/palace/place filled with talking animals who she befriends and has adventures with (to the best of my recollection, anyway!).
Aaaand that’s all I’ve got. I think the book was a smaller book and had an all green dustjacket on it with the title on the front (although it could have simply been the hardback cover, itself, that was solid green).
I read this in the late 80’s, very early 90’s but, again, have no clue how old the book actually was. It could have been written decades prior or just a few years before I found it in the library.
Thank you, again, to anyone who reads this and anyone who has any information or who can help. I appreciate your time so much!
Hello I am trying to find an old book, the only things I think I remember was that the characters were animals and I believe it was Christmas themed. One page depicted a bakery and I vividly remember that there were fresh cookies in rolled paper cones. Perhaps they were buying various items for a Christmas feast? I wish I could remember more.
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, Wales, or Scotland (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. Any help would be appreciated.
Solved!
I think I figured it out!
One Summer at Grandmother’s House by Poupa Montaufier. Beautiful illustrations, set in France, published 1985.
For anyone else desperately searching, I found it while searching Google shopping for “vintage children’s book grandmother”!
Hello! I am looking for a children’s picture book that I read in the late 80s/early 90s, though I can’t be sure it was published then. Hardcover, and what I remember as beautiful vivid hand painted illustrations. The book was about a little girl visiting her grandmother (or that was a part of the story at least). I seem to remember a French theme — can’t be sure if it was French-sounding words (I remember the word chic), or if the characters were French/in France? That part is fuzzy and could be off. I remember one illustration depicting the girl in her grandmother’s giant fancy bed.
I have searched high and low for this for years and will be eternally grateful if someone has any tips. Thanks!
Hi there, I am looking for an illustrated children’s book which I read in the 90s. From what I can remember, it’s about a boy dancer (Russian Folk Dance, I think). It was set in winter, lots of snow, and it was during the christmas season. He travelled on a beautiful train with his parents and he danced for an audience. Is anyone familiar with this? Thanks 🙂
Hello! Does anyone know the title of a children’s book where a boy rejects his dog, refuses to name her, takes her to a field to abandon at the end, then as she vanishes he changes his mind, realizes he loves her, calls her back? It seems for a moment she has gone; but she comes running back to him (it’s a happy ending). I cannot find this online anywhere!!
I think this might be “The King’s Wish and Other Stories” by Benjamin Elkin. Some of the details are different (the red ink ruse is the solution to a test the king poses to his sons, and there’s a big fire that the princes work to put out instead of a battle; the king uses a bow and arrow to raise the alarm about the fire), but the elements you identified are there.
Looking for a book I read about 20yrs ago, about a rabbit who went on a grand quest to avoid and eventually slay some dragons in order to cross a dragon-infested area, but at the end it turned out the dragons were cars and it was a road the rabbit was trying to cross. There may have been something about the dragons “speeding past each other very fast”, but I’m not sure. Any ideas?
I’m trying to help a friend track down a book she remembers from her childhood. She was born in the late 1970s, so the date of publication would be no later than the mid-1980s; likely earlier.
She remembers the plot as having to do with farm animals – ducks, in particular – fighting in a war, and recalls an illustration of a duck or duckling using a parachute.
Sound familiar to anyone? Very grateful for any leads people can offer.
How High is Up?, by Bernice Kohn (1971).
Hello! I’m looking for a children’s picture book probably written in the 60s or 70s, about three princes who are brothers and are all in a battle. When one is captured, he tricks his captors into letting him go by painting himself with red dots like he has some kind of illness. That’s all I remember, except that there are a lot of bow and arrows! Thanks!
“One grape when you’re hungry.” Ring a bell to anyone?
There’s one that sounds similar called The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear by Don Wood
There is an illustration of what you describe at the end of usborne book at the zoo illustrated by Stephen cartwright
Hi, I’m trying to find a book that my mum remembers having as a child. She was born in 1942. She describes it as having “a big giant with a really long nose that came down and turned into a road” on the cover. That’s all I have, unfortunately, I hope someone can help solve this mystery.
Found this one printed in 1915, and it’s British. I can’t find anything more about it, though.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dinkie/BsQCoAEACAAJ?hl=en
I’m told you might be able to help me find a children’s picturebook I’ve been searching for forever. In the mid – 70’s I read this as a child and it has haunted me ever since. It’s an English language book but takes place in Mexico or South America. A village has been missing it pet dogs and cats, and it turns out some sort of jungle tree has been flying into town to steal them, leaving its stump behind. A boy falls asleep on his burro, who wanders into the jungle. The boy solves the mystery. I believe he foils the tree by leaving peppers on its stump that cause the tree somehow be unable to land/reconnect, breaking its hold on the village pets, who come out of the jungle.
Have you ever run across such a book? Thank you so much!
I’ve currently got a small one called Bully Boy, a Little Wonder Book, by Harry Golding, ill by Arthur Cooke, Platt & Peck, NY; it has a tan cover, not blindstamped, with a retangular plate of a dog sitting at table with a big napkin tied around his neck.
Thanks for the info but unfortunately this is American, not British, and is about a bulldog not a pug. My collector is adamant about the cover appearance too. Really appreciate your info though – another book I can cross off the list 🙂
Hi everyone – I’m trying to find a book for a collector fitting the following description: “children’s story book about a pug, late 19th or early 20th century, dark green cover (blind stamped) with a coloured paste-down oval tile on the front cover featuring the pug. It is a narrative story, not verse or nonsense and is English (not American).”. It’s definitely not Wee Peter Pug or The Placid Pug or Pug Peter King of Mouseland. I’m going in circles with this enquiry and am hoping the description rings a bell for someone on this page. Many thanks in advance.
Hello! I remember a book in the 90s (although the art suggested it was maybe published in the 70s or 80s) that was a Where’s Wally sort of picture book, seek-and-find I think they’re called? Involving little monster characters in different scenarios. They would change and get more complex over a series of pages. I remember some were little alien things, one looked like a vampire I believe. Bit of a long shot, been searching for a while, would be grand if somebody had any clues! Thanks!
Maybe this series?
https://www.goodreads.com/series/42967-the-keys-to-the-kingdom
Thank you so much for the suggestion , it sounds very similar but unfortunately isn’t the book. I think is a bit more of a picture book style than this type of book.
Thank you again though.
Found this one, but it’s a girl.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11700233-eye-of-the-storm
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4443967-peony-s-rainbow
That’s it! Thank you so much!!
You’re welcome. Glad I could help.
Horses of Dreamland, maybe?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244597.Horses_of_Dreamland
I’m looking for a book I remember from the mid-80s about a pig who has a rainbow. She uses it as a scarf, among other things. She puts it in her pocket and possibly stuffs it in her mouth to hide it? Does this ring a bell for anyone?
I’m looking for the title of a book I remember from the mid-80s. A pig has a rainbow, she uses it for a scarf among other things. She puts it in her pocket and possibly eats it or stuffs it in her mouth to hide it? That’s all I can remember. Does it ring a bell for anyone?
Have you looked at the work of Holling Clancy Holling? He illustrated several books about the southwest. An absolutely astonishing storyteller.
Hello,
I’m trying to find a book I only have a vague memory of. The boy in the story has 3 magical or in my memory ” storm horses” that come to his room one night and he rides one of them through the storm. I remember it being purple. Vague recall of description of the horses snorting, and manes.
Don’t worry about reposting after a week or so, or repost right away if you have new information. I don’t see that there is a way to edit on the site.
Oh! Thank you so much for letting me know. I thought I just didn’t know how to use the site 🤣
Hi, I’m trying to help my sister find a book this is all the information she can remember. “I’ve been trying to track down a picture book that I read in 2000-2001 when I was in primary school in Australia. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the book. The only thing I can remember is it was a hard cover picture book, there was something about a young person (leaning more towards a young/ pre teen boy) going to a city in the clouds or something? Also something to do with a key? And I remember something about an old man possibly a wizard type man? It wouldn’t be more than 50 pages long probably less. The style of art is almost like the style that is used in Gotye’s film clip for “Hearts a Mess”. It’s realistic style art with a little twist of cartoon style. It’s colourful but on the side of a darker colour palette. I’ve searched and searched google, libraries and op shops. As my memory is very clouded I just don’t have enough information to go on. Hoping someone on here can help me as I realise the details are scare. Thanks!”
I have posted this before so I apologise if posting again isn’t allowed, we had a little bit more information and I couldn’t figure out how to edit/ delete my original post.