284F: Children with dimpled knees and very round faces

I am looking for picture books (with words).  I read as a child and checked it out from our local library in Seymour, IN. I believe there was more than one book by the author. I think they were square shaped hard back books. The children in them were cute with dimpled knees and very round faces (not Campbell Soup kid related or Dick and Jane). I recall a girl being sort of the main character in these books about their small adventures. This would have been the early to mid 1980s when I was reading these. The pictures were very simple. I think I recall a story about a mud puddle in one of the books and the girl’s name may have been Mary but I’m not sure.

13 thoughts on “284F: Children with dimpled knees and very round faces

  1. Melissa

    There’s a story in one of the Milly-Molly-Mandy books about a puddle outside the school. The books were originally published in the 1920s but have gone through many many reprintings. The children definitely have that rounded wholesome appearance – though the books are more young reader than picture books.

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  2. Bonnie

    Not sure if The Hugga Bunch had dimpled knees, but they certainly had round faces and were popular at about that time. I’m sure there were books about them, but can’t direct you to a certain one.

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  3. Kelly W

    Maybe books by Gyo Fujikawa? Most of them are collections, but there were a few (with checkerboard borders, I think) that followed a little girl’s adventures.

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