This small, illustrated children’s book features a group of kids who build various things out of a pile of wood and some nails, starting, I think, with a fort. For some reason they keep tearing down and rebuilding their constructions; at one point they have a ship with a flag on the mast. Pre-1986.
I’m looking for a children’s book (probably published in the 70s/80s) that included various plays on words, with each sentence having a double meaning. For example, the blue prince for the house, vs. the blueprints for the house.
This is a book my boyfriend read when he was a young child in the early 1980s, he thinks it might be as old as the 1960s though. It was a picture book and it must have been a pretty easy reader. The parts he remembers are that there was a little boy (possibly named Sam) who was taking a bath. The tub overfilled and flooded the whole house, and while it did he rode the tub on the water throughout multiple stories of the house. He thinks there also might have been a parade at the end. I’m trying to find it for him as a present, so any help would be great. Thanks!
I saw the book 1973 – 1977, maybe from 50s or 60s, Oak Hill Elem., Evansville, Indiana. Children’s book, red cover, mother and little boy in a large city, possibly European, Paris? Rome? London? Went through the day and showed clock time and what they did.
This picture book has a girl recalling something like ” when i was a girl on the island ….” she would ride her bike, play flashlight tag with her friends, pretend to be a ships capt, ect. Last page shows her grown up with her own daughter on the island on a beach or something.
The book had a light blue cloth binding. The plot revolved roughly around a young man who enters a cursed castle. He is invited in by floating ghostly hands. He has to pass a series of challenges, such as pulling yards of beautifully decorated linen through the eye of a needle. Another challenge involved miniature dogs on pillows (I’m not sure what he did with them). It was a very fantastical story. Illustration had bold black lines and solid colors. In the end I believe he marries a princess.
I’m looking for a book i had when i was a child in the 1960’s. I called this book “Little Pink Rosie” but don’t think that was its actual title. Its about a pink goat that gets kidnapped by foxes. I remember monkeys although i can’t be certain She’s kept in some sort of cage.
A children’s book about a bear who works for/meets Santa Claus. The end of the book involves the bear somehow (accidentally?) breaking a rainbow, which falls in pieces on top of a Christmas tree thus creating ornaments.
I’d love it if you can find this book!
It’s a great story. A lady lives alone, doesn’t like to go out much and has a pet cat. Her brother is a traveler and has a great furry hat. He comes to visit his sister and when he leaves the cat masquerades himself as a hat so that he can have adventures and the lady is more than happy to have such a very mellow cat (the hat!)
Children’s Picture Book Query. It is a book about a wealthy boy who owns a parrot and teaches it to identify color flash cards. When the parrot flies away, the boy has his limousine driver take him everywhere to search for the parrot. He finds him when the parrot shouts PURPLE