Teenage girl (with red hair?) uses brass carnival ring to travel through time, possibly with teenage boy. Coney Island may be the carnival setting. I have an uncertain feeling that bicycles were involved somehow in the time travel, but I could be conflating two books.
Children or young adult historical fiction book, set during late 1800s or early 1900s. Girl is on cruise ship with silly female relative who believes in spiritualism, meets stage magician (Anton?) who smokes something distinctive (briar root? cheroot?) and teaches her how to do magic tricks. Author emphasizes logic over belief. Mystery involved? Published between 1950 and 2000, probably late 20th century.
Looking for a children’s picture book about a wand and fairy (both golden) who become lost. The reader is challenged to find both wand and fairy in real life. Rich and vibrant pictures in a large sized picture book. Read in 70s or very early 80s.
For my mother in law in UK. She was born in 1938 and recalls a pink book which had a drawing of a dog on a bed and another one stretching, trying to get on the bed. This would have been between 1938 - 1949
I am hopeful you can help me in my search for a book I had as a child.
Unfortunately I do not remember the title.
I believe it was about using your imagination and starred two children (boy and girl) and possibly their family.
The entire book had simplistic pen and ink illustrations in black and white with washes of pink and blue ink as the only colors in the book.
One of the main illustrations I remember was of the children eating clouds, they had plates of clouds and were eating them like spaghetti, wrapping them around forks and having a grand feast.
Date range: I had this book as a child between 1975-80, but the book could easily be from the 60’s-70’s.
If I remember correctly, the book was a paperback in horizontal format, approx 9 or 10” wide by 5 or 6” tall.
I had this book of fairy tales in the early ’60s. I has a white horse on the cover, with a man on the horse and a woman standing on the ground. I sure hope you can find it. Thank you.
I read a YA fantasy or sci fi book in the mid to late 70s. I was 10 to 13 years old. I checked the book out at the same time as Enchantress of the Stars. The protagonist was a young boy or teen who thought his world was unfair. One of the rules was that no one was to drink stream water. The world was ruled by judges. The protagonist thought this was an unfair system. He drank the water, turns out he shouldn’t have. Also, because he questioned authority (spoiler alert) he became a judge. Thanks!
I believe the authors last name began with an A or B. I reread it a few times as a kid and seem to remember finding it before Baum (I read all of his Oz books), alphabetically.
In the early 80s, I read almost every book in a juvenile fiction series of adventure stories. Covers we’re likely library hardbacks so probably not helpful but were green with line drawings of multiple kinds of adventures. Books includes some line illustrations. I think the series may have had multiple authors, possibly different kinds of adventures, but I most remember the diving ones. Young adults learning how to dive, learning about the bends, exploring, mostly ocean research, I think, but maybe combating poachers or sea criminals?!? I think of a combination of “Flipper” and the Frank Crisp books. Series seems like it was probably from 60s or 70s.
A little mouse is trying to guess what his mother wants for Christmas. He makes many guesses. One of the guesses is “my little whisker wax.” Ultimately the mother wants a hug for Christmas. The book was available as long ago as the early 1960s
I am trying to remember a children’s book with a lovely passage about Eggs. It was a poetic prose passage that was a reflection on the fragility of eggs and the new life they contain. I think it is from the point of view of a mother bird. The capitalization of the E was in there unless I’m remembering incorrectly.
I could swear it was EB White but I couldn’t find it. I checked The Secret Garden, Charlotte’s Web, and Make Way for Ducklings, but I didn’t find it. Can anyone identify it? Thanks very much.