Category Archives: Picture Book

193C: Littlest Hippo

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The book I am looking for was a children’s book from the 1960′s. I don’t know who the author was. I blieve it was called “The Littlest Hippo” the story was about a herd of hippos whom lived together and the smallest hippo either became separated, or was they might have all been looking for something that they couldn’t find. the little hippo looked behind things, under things around things, etc. it wasn’ until he figured out to look “UP” that he found what he was looking for (which may have been the rest of the herd of hippos).

193B: little vacation girl (Solved)

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I remember very little about this book. I must have been 4 or 5 when i saw it so i couldn’t read! All i remember are the pictures…

I’m guessing it was from the 50’s, it wasn’t a big book, maybe the size of the golden books? It is about a little girl going through all the seasons. What stands out in my mind is the pictures of her on the various vacations so there is one of her next to the Christmas tree and her with the pumpkins at Halloween, the same at Easter. There is also a page about her birthday with a picture of her with cake. The pictures and really warm and soft and the little girl who is about 5 years old is always wearing really pretty dresses.

Not much to go by i know but i now have a little girl who i know would just love those illustrations and i would be so delighted to have a copy for her!

193A: Boy and Bear take Journey, Chased by the embodiment of their fears

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I read this book in the mid ’80’s. The book was entitled something like, “The Long Road Home,” or “On the Road Home.” It opened with a boy becoming self aware and he was given the task of going on a journey. He befriends a bear and he and the bear undertake the journey together. The antagonist in the story is an evil that feeds off the fear of the boy. This evil, at one time in the book, took the form of a frog or toad. At the climax of the battle between the boy and this evil, the boy finally fought back his fears, the evil shrunk and was picked up by a large stork and dropped in a lake. The dust jacket was plain white, the title of the book was in the lower right hand corner, next to a pencil drawing of the boy and the bear.

Any help would be great. Thank you!

192D: Book about a Tree house

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I’m looking for a book that I read when I was in first grade (1962). It was about a treehouse. As I recall, the cover and artwork were in shades of green. It was not a large book – I’d say about 8-10 inches tall, maximum. It was a picture book, but the pictures were two-tone – green and black (not elaborate).

The characters lived in a treehouse and as I recall it was a very happy story. The book was old when I read it, so I’m guessing it was published in the 1950’s, or even in the 40’s. I made the mistake of mentioning to my first-grade teacher that I loved the book, and she made me read it out loud to the whole class! Yikes! It didn’t take me very long to read it to the class, so the book must have been only about 20 (or fewer) pages in length.

As I recall, the word treehouse was in the title, but that’s all I remember

192B: “Cook spaghetti! Make popcorn!”

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I’m looking for a children’s fiction book that my father used to read to me in the 1980’s. It’s about an alligator or crocodile lady who is dressed in women’s clothes. She has three parrots/birds and they are always telling her what to do. They say, “Cook spaghetti! Make popcorn!” At the end of the book, her house overflows with popcorn. It would mean the world to my father and I to be able to find this book and read it together again! Thank you!

192A: Where’s Charlie (We think)

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It is a hardback children’s book that we read to our now 36 year old son in the late 70’s to mid 80’s.

It is about a little girl who has a pet mouse. One day she could not find him. Page after page, room after room she lloked for him; in the stove, refrigerator, closets, microwave, etc. . . . . NO CHARLIE! she finally found him asleep in the be in her doll house.

Please confirm the title and author for us so we can purchase them.

191H: alligator or crocodile lady who is dressed in women’s clothes

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I’m looking for a children’s fiction book that my father used to read to me in the 1980’s. It’s about an alligator or crocodile lady who is dressed in women’s clothes. She has three parrots/birds and they are always telling her what to do. They say, “Cook spaghetti! Make popcorn!” At the end of the book, her house overflows with popcorn. It would mean the world to my father and I to be able to find this book and read it together again! Thank you!