I read this book in the mid 90's, probably between 95-98. It was a picture book targeted at probably K-2. It was on the larger/taller size and it had a gray brick castle on the cover and a lot of the illustrations were of the castle. The characters were a young princess with long red hair and her friend who was a boy with blonde hair and freckles. They got into mischief together, led by her I believe. Most of the book was about the two of them playing together in the castle. The illustration style was clean and sharp, somewhat realistic but simplified, and more 3-d-ish than flat. . . I remember images where they were on upper levels of the castle and the girl was closer to the front, the boy farther away. I believe it might have come from my school book fair, so it was possibly Scholastic.
Category Archives: Picture Book
335J: Child May Be A Changeling
This is a picture book, not a chapter book, read in 1964/1965 from a grade 3 classroom.
My memory of it may be faulty as I was 8 when I read it.
Girl is unhappy in her village and a misfit; one of the pictures shows her running with dark hair streaming behind her. I remember the illustrations as being dark but beautiful, and the implication was that that the girl was a changeling.
Not “The White Ring” or “The Moorchild”.
335I: Fantastical Christmas sound effect book
- Magic shoes for walking on a beam of light
- A magic ride on Santa’s sleigh
- Pirates treasure and a gold doubloon
I think the items repeated on each page with one being added each time. The last line of each section was “white snow, bright snow, icy cold starlit snow”.
335D: Children’s Book About Climbing A Mountain
This was a book for younger children that I borrowed repeatedly from the library in the early 1970's in the UK. All I can remember are the first few lines:
“It wasn’t a cold day. It wasn’t a hot day. It was a day just right for climbing a mountain.”
I know it was a picture book, but I have no more idea about what happened in the story.
I’d love to track it down if possible.
334Y: Girl, Ocean Liner, and Seagull
I am looking for a child's picture book with a girl, ocean liner, and a seagull. There is an ocean liner on the cover. It's contemporary to the 1960s. Thanks!
334R: Children Travel to a Jungle to Help Gardener
Looking for a 1980’s era children’s book about two kids who must help their gardener. At one point they must travel to a jungle. It has color forms so the reader can interact with the story. For instance, by using the color forms the reader can change a garden hose into a snake.
334Q: A lizard uses a mushroom for shelter and becomes a turtle
334N: Lutie Doesn’t Want To Go To School (Solved!)
Looking for a book about a little boy named Lutie (or Luttie) who lived in the country and put up a big fuss about having to go to school. Probably published in the 1940's or 1950's. I had a lot of drawings.
334L: Old lady looking for her missing glasses
I am looking for a children's picture/story book about an old lady who lost her glasses. She looks everywhere in her house for them; under flowerpots, etc. The story ends when she finds them on her back. She had them on a string tied around her neck. There was a companion book about a farmer, but I don’t recall what that was about. It was at least 8x10, tan and not a thick book. Thinking it was 50’s/ early 60’s.
334F: Kid Draws Door That Enters Into Fantasy World
Seeking a children’s book in which a child draws a door on the back of his closet with chalk. He knocks on the door during the middle of the night, which opens into a fantasy world. He may have to contend with a beast at some point.