It was a thin children’s book, mostly of illustrations, about a girl who was born with two eyes and is considered a freak by everyone in her community who only has one eye. But she sees the world in color while everyone else sees in the world in black and white. I want to say the protagonist has long, dark hair. I don’t know how it ends. I think I read it in the mid-90s. No later than ’98.
I am in search of a book about two children, Jason and Miranda, who sail aboard their father’s whaling ship, possibly out of New Bedford or Nantucket in the 1800s. Black and white line drawings, probably published in the 1950’s or before.
I’m looking for a book that is about a bad day, but *not* Alexander’s. The book I remember has a main character who is school-aged. The character wakes up late, puts too much sugar on his/her morning breakfast (after the mother warned him/her not to), and ends up wearing slippers to school. The kid decides to reset the day by going home at lunchtime and starting the day over. Puts the right amount of sugar on breakfast, wears the right clothes to school, and has a better day.
I had an amazing book when I was a kid that I haven’t seen for decades. I was born in 1973, so it would have been published sometime in the 70s or early 80s. It was a large, slim encyclopedia- or reference-style book, but it was about all of the planets and what each of their creatures would look like based on the physics, chemistry, and gravity of the planets. It was very colorful and there were wonderful renderings of all of the would-be creatures. I believe it also listed what these creatures’ habits, diet, lifestyle, etc. would be like as well.
I hope you can help me find out what it is!
Short fantasy/sci-fi story in an anthology aimed at young readers in the late 70s/early 80s - I seem to remember reading it in late elementary school, though it could have been middle school. Story was about an Air Force pilot who lost a friend to a dragon in a storm cloud, but no one believed him, so he stole a plane and went back up to kill the dragon. He was catatonic and white-haired when the plane landed, and everyone thought he was just crazy, until they watched his gun-camera footage of his attack runs on the dragon.
I am hoping you can help me find a book I remember from my childhood (probably 40 years ago). The book was about a young girl who lived in an apartment (I believe) and was very lonely. Another young girl moved in and they became best friends. One of the girls found out her family was moving and she was very sad and worried about making a new friend. The first girl gave her a smooth stone and told her when she was lonely to hold the smooth stone and she would feel the warmth of their friendship.
At least this is how my memory recalls the story. LOL!
If I recall correctly the cover had a light blue background and the girls were sitting on the steps of the apartment building.
I have tried to Google search this to no avail.
I am assuming that this book may no longer be in print. Thanks for any help you can provide.
Looking for children’s book or poem which contains the line “and a seagull sitting on a wave”. It was something I read to my kids when they were small and it popped into my head this week and I cannot shake it. My son passed away 5 years ago, so I cannot ask him.
I remember a book from my childhood roughly 2nd-5th grade (which would be 1972-75) that had to do with a boy and a bicycle. The only thing I actually remember from the story is the quote, “Go, Spirit of Coolaid, faster boy (ching, ching)!” All of my bikes have been named Spirit of Coolaid! I have recently taken up cycling again, and, you guessed it, my bike’s name is Spirit of Coolaid. I really would like to know what story this phrase came from!