Illustrated book about woodland animals or maybe rodents preparing for some kind of war. I can't remember the author or title but it was illustrated similar to the 11th hour with beautiful detailed pictures. I remember one page was a spy station in a flower bulb, another detailed the animal navy. I think the animals could have been squirrels or badgers? Hope you can help I would check this book out every time I went to the library.
The short story was in an 8th grade English reader (adopted by Uintah school district in the 1980s). It was light blue and white.
The short story came from the section in the reader that was something like strangers in a strange land.
It was an excerpt from a science fiction writer (famous, I believe) so the short story might have come from a novel. I have spent hours sifting through science fiction novels trying to come up with this story. I found The Thing…but, I believe I’m going to have to find the reader itself. Hence, I’m asking you.
The story line is: An alien crash lands on earth. Earthlings find him. He is walking on two feet, but he looks different than them. They struggle accepting him because of his looks. *there is a painting picture in the book itself of an alien trying to talk with people and the people look mob-like angry*
The alien explains to them that his people have advanced technology and that he would share it with them. At one point, he even tried to tell them that he had the answers to the universe and God. The Earthlings laugh at him, shun him, and tell him he is an animal.
Eventually, the Earthlings put him in a cage. They continually call him an animal. He tries talking to them until he finally gives up and becomes quiet. He sees the other animals in cages and watches the interaction between animals and humans. Somewhere I remember them using the word creature.
In the end, the cage door is left open and the alien (like an animal) runs away into the forest …”running on all fours.” I’m pretty sure I’m quoting this correctly as I remember it being a powerful key statement.
I remember this science fiction story being in a section with pioneer and moving west stories. It seemed oddly placed until you read and realized it was placed there to take a next step in cognitive thinking and applying it to the future.
Thank you for helping me with this. I want to use it to teach through the story the idea of intolerance vs. tolerance and what can happen if we don’t treat someone with respect. It definitely a story that made one think.
There is a book from my childhood, which had a title like, “The Happy Hobo” or “The Happy Baker”. In it, a down-at-the-heels tramp arrives in a small village. He first visits the keepers of the General Store and asks for help, food or money. They rebuke him and send him running. Then he visits a small bakery. The baker offers him a few crusty rolls and some warm beverage. The tramp is magical and offers the blessing that whatever the baker would do, would be successful and happy all day. The baker gets to work baking and soon the whole town was lined up for his baked goods.
Across the street, the General Store keepers look on enviously. They lure the tramp over and offer him money or food. Then they set about clearing room in there store for all of the money they would rake in from the magical tramp. They spend the whole day cleaning their store (no additional money appears to come in). Do you know this book’s title and author?
I'm looking for a children's book from late 1950- mid 1970s. I thought it was called the upside down man. However, it is not either of the books by Ellentuck or Baker. It's about kids at home and their parents leave and tell them whatever you do if the door bell rings, don't open the door for the upside down man. But they let him in and he turns everything in the house upside down. It is done in line drawings, black and white. I think it was from a small publisher around Boston.
I’m looking for a children’s book my mother always took out of the library in the 70s. Unfortunately, I don’t have very much information on it. What I do know is that its about a bear that woke up from its hibernation too early so that it was still winter. She was reading it in the 70s so it would have needed to be published prior to this.
I’ve looked everywhere online for a book I read as a child. It would have been published in the 50s or early 60s; I read it when I was in the first to third grades which would have been 1964-1967 or 1968. I’ve forgotten the title and author but remember the story line vividly. The protagonist, a scarecrow, was stuck in a garden or field and wanted more than anything to be free. When autumn came and the garden had been harvested, the farmer began to burn all of the refuse, including the scarecrow who, at last, was turned into smoke and was finally free to drift through the air. It’s a beautiful book and I’ve searched for so long but am limited when I can’t come up with a title or anything else to aid me in my search. If you could find the book, I’d be very grateful and would even be happy if you could come up with a title and author.
This book I am looking for is about a pound that has all different kinds of dogs in it waiting all day for their new master to come get them. As the day goes on one by one a person shows up that looks identical to one of the dogs in the pound and that dog gets to go. The book is from the perspective of one dog in particular and as every person shows up the dog says “ are you my master?” or something like that “Are you my guy?” or “is this my guy?” and each time it’s not his guy it’s another dogs guy.
And as the people show up one by one, as a kid, you KNOW what dog they are coming for because the person looks identical to the dog.
The day goes on and on and it’s finally dark, they are closing, and this one dog who is narrating is the only dog left. No one has come for him and he is all alone and very sad. Finally just as they are closed, HIS GUY, or HIS BOY, shows up and they are identical looking and the dog and the boy are overjoyed that they have found each other and he gets to go home with the boy.
It is driving me crazy that I can’t remember the name of this book or how to find it. I am 53 so it was probably written in the 1960s.
I’m not sure how to pay for this but Ill go back on the website and make sure to pay but please post this I promised my Mom that I would try to find it!!!
I am trying to identify a children’s book form the ’60 -early ’80.
It’s a book about flight and it features a child and father where the father is the pilot. There is a part in the book where the child flies the plane.
The book is heavily illustrated.
I would very much appreciate your help in locating it.
I am looking for a children’s picture book about a hedgehog named Harriet. The thing that I remember best was that she wore red high heels. This was my baby brother’s favorite book in the 70’s, so I am guessing it was released in the 60’s or 70’s. I don’t think that it would be older than that based on what I remember about the pictures. He recently passed away and my mother would really like to find a copy. I have done a lot of searching and have not been able to find even a clue. Please help!