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.”
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”.
I think this book is an old vintage reader from the 1950s or 60s. It has some very good stories in it I’d like to read again. In one story there is a flood and a grandmother and a boy or girl move up to the attic. There is a cook stove up there and Grandmother makes cookies while the water rises. The illustrations show her rolling out the dough for the cookies. In another story a young boy tries to teach an old Indian how to drive. I’d love to read these stories again as I cannot remember how they ended.
Thank you!
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I am looking for a children’s book from the ’40 or ’50s about an older woman who prepared for the week by putting items into envelopes that she would need for each day. On Monday she got a paper cut; in Monday’s envelope was a handkerchief to press against the cut. On another day, several tiger cubs showed up at her door; in that day’s envelope were the right number of pieces of shewing gum for each of the cubs, to occupy them.
I am looking for a childhood book my mother read to me around 1954 when we lived in Virginia. It was about fairies and lavishly illustrated. My favorite was the center fold illustration of fairies in the forest dancing under a moon that had a gauzy ring around it. It was not Golder Books Treasury of Elves and Fairies by Garth Williams. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Description: This book would have been published before 1954, probably in the 40s. (I checked it out of a public library, children’s section, several times between 1949 and 1954.)
A girl and a woman (the girl’s mother?) who live (as slaves?) in a harem know the mood of the master by the color of the horse he rides that day.
I can’t remember the title, but The White Horse comes to mind. (Not The Little White Horse.) The girl was probably European or American, and I can’t remember how she came to be living in a harem. The Arab master’s mood was demonstrated to his slaves by the color of the horse he rode on a given day.
This was not an easy book. It was longer and harder than Estes, e.g., or Streatfeild, etc. It was a novel, really, with an (obviously) advanced theme. I can’t remember anything else about it. I don’t know if the girl and her mother were rescued at the end.
I am looking for a children’s book that I read when I was in grade 3 in 1955 in Toronto. C. 1953? American? It was a small short picture book/easy reader chapters 5.5″x5.5″, black and white illustrations and hardcover.
In the attic, in a trunk there is a doll (old) who wishes that a little girl will find her and play with her. Emily? is playing one day and wanders up to the attic of her house and discovers a small trunk. I can still feel the hope and excitement of the doll (Henrietta?). Emily opens the trunk to reveal a beautiful doll with a complete wardrobe of clothes and a parasol.
Thank you so much for searching for this book for me.
p.s. I named my daughter Emily after the little girl in this book!