It’s a young adult mystery set in Four Corners area (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona). A family moves to the Four Corner Area and the teen aged kids get involved with a museum. The mystery involves oil and artifacts from the area. The name of the book include the words “Black Gold,” but I’m not sure. I read the paperback in the later 50s or early 60s.
This is a children’s book published early 50’s, the only thing my mother remembers from the book is one, maybe two characters….Cary Carrot for sure and she thinks Tommy Tomato ( not the Tommy Tomato from the Scott Wilson books, i don’t think).
A poor family (Appalachian?) gets their first hand-crank sewing machine. The father doesn’t like it, but in the end he uses it. It was probably published before 1970.
A children’s picture book likely 1950-1970’s about a bunny who finds a magic egg. When he looks through the egg it allows him to see different parts of the world. Possibly Easter related.
The book I am looking for is a hardback, large sized (slightly bigger than A4), picture book that would have belonged to my mum, so printed early 60’s maybe? It had a pastel green cover with a picture of several girls playing, at least one of them was skipping rope.
The girls were drawn with the chubby cheeked vintage look similar to Strawberry Shortcake/Holly Hobbie. The pictures closest to what I remember are the books by Maria Luisa illustrated by MR Batlle. I think they wore the puffy caps similar to Strawberry Shortcake too, and maybe wore aprons over their dresses? I seem to remember one of the girls wore glasses.
I don’t remember what the actual story was about but it may have been about going to school. I have absolutely no idea of the title or author sorry but I would love to be able to find this book again!
Even if you had some clues about authors/illustrators that had similar style drawings I would be grateful.
Book about Glen Canyon before/just as it was flooded by a dam. There were two boys, teen/preteen, Anasazi ruins, mystery involving murder/looting of ruins/ecologists (?). Pre-1975 publication date, I seem to remember a green hard cover w/ gold or white print.
A mid 20th century chapter book, I think. A girl discovers a red eft (juvenile newt) in the woods and houses it in a jar, which she fixes up with twigs and moss. She brings the eft to school. The eft may be named Reddy.
It is a picture book with words. A family fixes up little sailboat, there is a rainstorm, and they have a picnic. It is probably about 20 pages long, kindergarten to 2nd grade book probably, late 50’s early 60’s (pre-67 I’m pretty sure).
I have to tell this story first – I found Stump the Bookseller around a decade ago when I was in grad school in Illinois, and you all helped me find some dear books. Then, my husband got his medical residency in Cleveland and someone told me about Loganberry Books, and I went, AND FELL IN LOVE. Then I made the connection, and it rocked my world. Another reason why I adore Cleveland: it has Loganberry. (When I was in grad school, it was just a theoretical cool bookstore, not a concrete reality!) Visit here if you can.
My stumper: my grandma had this series of square, paperback books, probably from the 50’s, that were like Dick and Jane but not – the same kind of easy-reading format, but the little kids had different names. There was a boy, and a brunette girl, and a blonde girl, I think. They did various things (the books had little stories per volume, I think); one of them involved the little blonde girl going shopping with her mom in town, and picking a bow for her hat. I don’t remember their names, but I do remember that they had a cute little brown dog named Gyp. My grandma is still around, but someone in the fam (understandably) took the books, and I so want to find them again.
Thanks!!! 🙂
In my school library, early 1960’s 2nd grade, it was about a poor family of four who bought a run down house and fixed it up, added a pond, and either the stars fell from the night sky into the pond, or they were reflected there. I think the cover was blue.