In the early 1960s we had a picture book that was probably published in the 1950s. It was about a man and boy walking through the woods, possibly in Canada. The man was likely a lumberjack.
Category Archives: 1960s
349H: 60s or 70s Black and White Silhouette Book
I’m trying to find a book for a friend and wanted to see if you might be able to offer any advice. My friend’s late father was a photographer and had a black and white nude silhouettes book published back in the 60s or 70s. Unfortunately, my friend’s copy was lost many years ago and never found. I don’t have the title, but it would have been published under Bill Coco or Francis V. Coco. Any advice on how I might be able to try and find it? All suggestions are welcome! I’d love to try and make my friend’s holiday by finding this! I hope you can help.
349G: Selfish Witch, Disguised as Regular Girl, Does Selfless Favor
Looking for a beautiful line-drawn picture book from earlier than 1975, about a witch and her daughter who live beyond the seven valleys and the seven seas. The daughter witch is selfish, and does not come home to her mother on time. Her mother sends her away until she can do a selfless favor for someone, while disguised as a regular girl. She is dropped off outside a village. Eventually, she finds a little boy who is also being punished, and helps him peel mounds and mounds of potatoes. She falls asleep doing this, and her mother comes to collect her. Ends with a line something like, "but she could never stand the sight of another potato."
349F: Boy with gigantic tall spoon catching clouds
348Y: The Magician’s Windows and Other Short Stories (Solved!)
348V: Science Fiction Series with Swords Made of Leaves
348R: Fairies who paint?
348L: Uncle Oscar and making pancakes
My mom remembers this book from approximately 1963 – 1965 when she was living in Menlo Park, California. It was a thin children’s book and she recalls a character named Uncle Oscar and at some point they make pancakes for breakfast.
347U: Girl Sent to Live with Her Father Who Is a Pilot (Solved!)
347T: 1960ish – Girl on farm for summer, horse riding, Indian rock paintings (?), county fair (?)
I read this book in about 1962. A girl goes to stay with relatives (I believe) on a farm for the summer. I seem to recall that she was straight laced and the farm family was very laid back. She learned to ride horses and they rode all over the countryside. A particular place I remember them going was to a rocky area (by a creek?) that had Indian paintings or markings on the rocks. I think the climax of the book was them going to possibly a county fair where there was a horse race.