I remember frequently checking this book out from my grade school library; it was hardcover, no dust jacket; limited to mammals (worldwide species). It was a ‘tall’ sized book and may have had a pinstripe or harlequin design, on the front cover was an oval/circle template with jungle animals. (I do remember a giraffe). The inner illustrations were not photos, but looked painted/drawn. It looked like an old book, maybe from the ‘40s-‘50s?
Three young girls (maybe they’re princesses) dress in the wrong colors. Someone helps them bring out their true beauty by changing the color of their clothing. I owned this book in the early 1960s, but cannot remember the name of it or the author. Can you find this book for me? I would love to find it again.
I am trying to locate a children’s book, title unknown, probably written in the 1950’s or early 60’s. The story is about an itinerant fire eater, (Mexican Indian?) and his friend, a dog, and I believe the story is told through the dog’s POV. The story is about their travels, all I remember is a part about their finding wild strawberries, that they have a falling out and happily reunite…
-I’ve been trying to find this book for decades.
Hope you can help.
Looking for a children’s picture book, probably from the 1960’s, possibly late 1950’s. Title, author, publisher unknown. Typical small book like Little Golden Books. Plot included a family with a dog that it is hoped would be a watchdog but sleeps through a burglary. It seems that the father scolds the dog and it says “Bow Wow”. It appears they will have to get rid of the dog. The family includes a toddler, a little girl named Millicent, who never says anything. The phrase “Millicent did not say anything” (or something to that effect) is used after each event. At the end, somehow the dog redeems himself and they get to keep him. At which point, Millicent says, “Bow wow.”
I’m looking for a book for a friend. She read it as a child and unfortunately her description is limited but here’s what I’ve got:
It’s likely a children’s board book. One is able to change the faces and/or bodies of the pictures by sliding parts of the faces/bodies left or right. For example, the top slidable third would be the eyes, the middle slidable third would be the nose, and the bottom third would be the mouth. Thus, one can alter different faces by horizontally sliding each of these thirds left or right.
Also, this friend described a similar (the same book?) that broke down into thirds the bodies of the pictures into head, torso and legs. Same as above. Once can slide the face to, say, a fireman with a helmet, the torso to a ballerina wearing a tutu, and the legs to a man’s suit.
Hoping you can at least give me some leads as to where to find these book(s).
Thank you!
Looking for an illustrated book about a Christmas Dinner for Dollhouse dolls–probably written in 1950’s. Not the one by Tasha Tudor. Think jacket was tan- probably 6″‘ by 6″ approx. I remember a specific line they had “a real brussels sprout”.
Hi there,
In my elementary school library we had a shelf of thin, hardback picture books. The had a dreamy-look (a la Lisa Frank,) which makes me think 80s/90s.
I loved many of the collection (which I’m not sure how was grouped together, if an author did all the adaptations/books?), but there was certainly a version of The Nutcracker, too.
The book I’m after had two children and a castle built in/on clouds. They might have been elfin, and we’re trouble makers or up to no good, and we’re following a red ribbon through the clouds down to earth. It was in the style of Salvador Dali sort of?
I can’t help much with content: if there was any, I didn’t read when I poured over it. This book was a big deal to me as a kid. Reading was hard, and this one let me imagine the story myself. Eventually I became an avid, able reader and this one got lost. I’d love to find it for my own daughter now to share it with her.
Thank you!
Hi!
I hope you guys can help find this book. I read it in the mid-late 80s, somewhere between about 4th and 8th grade. I don’t recall any illustrations. It was set in a mythological land and was about a kid who rode across the desert on the back of a large crab. I think there was a procession of crabs, migrating maybe. I think the kid’s people had never been across the desert and didn’t know what existed on the other side. And maybe he had to eat the crab (or one of them) to survive. He makes it across and there’s another civilization across the desert, I think.
Thanks!
Animals run a car wash. All the animals are very rubenesque and look very 70’s (the drawings) pastel or ‘worn colors. From the 80s.
Children describe an animal under the porch. Each child adds an exaggerated feature (e.g. teeth, tentacles) to describe the animal in the end its a cute dog. From the 80s.