The book I remember is a children’s book. I think the cover showed the cat sitting in front of the Taj Mahal.
Would you please help me find this book?
The main character (could have been a girl) and a father who traveled to far off places or jungles a lot brought home a wooden crate and inside was a seraph. And it was in the attic or the main character played in the attic. Maybe someone was sick or dying in the hospital throughout the book. At the end something about three interconnected or interwoven rings.
I checked it out from a middle school library in the 1980s. It would’ve been a newer looking book at the time. That’s all I can remember.
Looking for a vintage book (read it to my daughter in the 80's) about a girl named Katerina (Caterina?) (Princess?) who wouldn't comb her hair - had many creatures living in it. She finally got help brushing it from a hedgehog. Book had lovely soft watercolor line drawing illustrations.
Book written in 1950’s, 60’s I think. But remotely possible published as late as 70’s, 80’s. Autobiography (?) by woman (maybe named “Diane”, not sure…?) who suffered schizophrenia (I think, or some sort of mental illness) and became an M.D. despite this.
Probably a U.S. book, but not sure. English language, anyway.
Read in the 1980s – 90s. Book follows a young girl in the US after WW2 where US loses the war. The Japanese take over the US and we follow this girl as she is forced to live under Japanese rule.
This might actually be in the title of the book. It may have been published in the 70s or before but definitely not later than the early 80s. I believe it was a book of children's poems about an old lady and one of them was "There was an old lady who wanted to ski, she wouldn't take lessons - it's easy said she! She tried and she tried but she just couldn't go. Nobody told her she had to have snow."
Looking for an old book (20/30 years ago) written for older kids, featuring mostly photographs of Gypsy/Roma kids/families, also had some notated songs in it. Got it from a school library once upon a time. The author had a strange (not foreign; just strange) name.
Seeking 80s or 90s children’s book about a family that takes their RV to a campsite for vacation. Not really a plot, just little scenes: they catch butterflies with nets, go snorkeling in a little lagoon, and light sparklers. There’s a rainy day that they spend at the campsite.
I’m looking to find a book from my childhood, and have now been through hundreds of internet pages. Hoping you might have a lead! All I remember really is:
- illustrated color paperback picture book, probably c. Late ‘60s- late ‘90s
- story about a group of siblings moving into or visiting a castle? Maybe just an old house with a tower
- a unicorn from a tapestry comes to life, and he is white with a beard. The children bring him down out of the tapestry.
Things I’m not sure of but seem familiar:
-something about a yellow bedroom
- maybe an illustration with one of the children looking behind the tapestry
Thank you! The Magic Tree house has a story with some similar elements, but that’s not quite it.