My search is for a children’s book, probably in the 1970-1997 time frame. The book was a time traveling mystery involving a shy, loner-type girl who escapes to sit in a nearby very old tree. On rare occasions, while in the tree, the girl time travels back to colonial times where she meets two girl friends in the tree. At this point, the tree is much younger. The colonial friends remark about the traveler’s shoes and how different they are. The shoes are modern sneakers. On a subsequent meet up, the time traveler brings an alphabet book which shows a picture of a giraffe listed for the letter “G.” The colonials have never seen a giraffe. At some point, the time traveling stops and the loner girl wonders what became of her colonial friends. On a library day, the loner looks up colonial samplers. She finds the sampler her colonial friends made when they couldn’t find her in the tree anymore. The antique sampler is of the alphabet with a giraffe for the “G” letter and a stitched picture of the modern girl with her sneakers! The title of this book is not known to me and i remember it had nothing to do with the possible subject matter of the book; therefore, not colonial samplers, mystery, time travel, etc. The author was a woman, but I don’t know the name. Please help locate the title and author of this book. I am sure my two grand daughters would love this book, which my daughter read years ago in Virginia. Thank you!
Category Archives: 1990s-
329N: Magical World Past A Hole In The A Hedge
Seeking children’s picture book, pre-1999 but probably after 1980. Round brothers and sister with straw hats (maybe sailor outfits too) find a hole in a hedge. They get all dirty in a mud puddle and find a magical world with a very geometric castle on the other side of the hedge. One of them might get lost/want to stay. Found in a library in 90s. Driving me insane.
328Y: Magical Friend Is Bad Influence
328W: Salt Chandelier Rinsed Down Drain
328V: Early 2000s Fantasy Novel
I'm looking for the title of a book that's been bugging my bf for years - he read it in the early 2000s (he thinks that's when it came out) and when I asked him for a description, he said he thinks they were teens and all versions of classic monsters. One of them was Medusa in disguise hunting some kind of agents (and there are cutaway chapters where she's hunting them) and she maybe had braided hair? They may have either been ON an island or IN Ireland and were maybe collected together because they were told that Medusa was after them, but she was actually after these agents/government guys and there to protect them. Also, one of them was maybe a swamp monster?
328R: Red Head Girl Falls In Love With Ghost Of Civil War Soldier
328Q: Jessica and Andrew
I am trying to find a children’s book from around the mid-nineties. My mum is desperate for this book. The story is with a big sister called Jessica and her baby brother called Andrew. Don’t know any other details. Sorry.
328N: Four Elements Represented By Four Girls
I’m looking for a book published between 1980 and 1995. It’s about 4 girls representing the 4 elements (air, water, fire, earth). It’s told mainly from the point of view of the fire element, I believe. She might be called the fire brand but I’m not sure. The girls have to connect and retie the knot of elements that is holding the earth. There is a very vivid description of the knot, and the four colors of the cords making it. This book might be part of a series and it might be considered young adult.