A haughty girl is sent to a farm where she learns modesty and discipline.
143H: 1940s young adult book for girls
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Category Archives: 1940s
140B: A Yukon Adventure (solved)
I am trying to locate a book for a friend. The title is not known and it was probably published in the late1940’s or early 1950’s. Some Disney friends went looking for gold in the Yukon and ran into Peg-Leg Pete. While trying to escape him one of the friends shook hands with a totem pole and a trap door opened up to save them from Peg-Leg.
139B: two girls whose names both start with P – maybe Polly and Patty
The book is probably from the forties and is about two little girls who are best friends and almost like twins. I distinctly remember that they wear blue checked dresses or aprons and I remember a scene involving one of their cellar doors.
136C: Petey loves matchbox cars and donkeys!
Circa 1945-60. Main character: Petey/Pete, youngest child of rather large family. Chapter book. Scenes include: Christmas he just wants a little matchbox car, gets many; snow day makes a quilt with siblings; likes milkman’s mule and visits his farm, meets family (including daughter, I think).
112I: self help book, of sorts, for adolescent boys
A Red Leather book with an interesting symmetrical design and texture within the leather that is a self help book, of sorts, for adolescent boys with a title conveying the general principal of “now.” Title examples are, “Right Now” or “Today,” Published in the 40’s or 50’s.
107D, solved: Childhood Story Book
I am long looking for my childhood Story Book. My birth year is 1947. I do not know if mom had this book previous to my birth. The cover is gone. So are the first 16 pages. No index, no contents. But, on the upside, I have [a few pictures] of the story beginning and some illustrations. I would love to purchase one or more of these books if it could be identified.
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102R: Story a Day
Looking for a book that was my mother’s. She was born in 1938 and had a book that featured a story a day for the year. It had a small margin on top of the story on each page that was illustrated in black and white. Published sometime in the 40’s.