I am trying to find a book that I remember reading as a child.
I do not remember the title but I think it was from the 1950’s.
It was a thin book about the size of a Golden Book.
At the end of the story the main character paints all of the landscaping overnight bright and beautiful colors, which surprises everyone the next morning… 🙂
I only remember a couple pages from this book from my childhood, but the images haunt me-would love to see the book today: The book has colorful illustrations of a horse walking down a street lined with fruit/ flower stands. The horse has on a wide- brimmed hat, I believe made of flowers.
illustrated book of short stories about witches, goblins, fairies, giants, read in.80s. One story had a child would not go to bed and stayed up by the fire,visited by a small fairy that then burned itself on coal and screamed. Elves and the Shoemaker variation or about invisi elves n steal wallet
Story about family of 7 kittens-adored in my childhood in late 50’s-early 60’s. Picture book size as I remember, dark blue (?) paper covers. Kittens wear different dresses/accessories each day of week. Mon do wash, Tues clean house… Kittens are different colors: either white or gray or black, etc.
children’s storybook with pictures, of a girl who had a large green floppy cat pillow she carried around. Either the cat pillow was green or the cat pillow’s eyes were green. The rest of the pictures may have been without color. Cover was hardback and green, like fabric. Written maybe mid-70’s.
1. Hardback children’s book, about the size of a Rolling Stone magazine. Had it in 1970’s, not sure when published. Contained 2-3 short stories I believe, I remember some black and white possibly checkerboard around the edge of cover. It was a picture book oriented children’s book. I remember a man wanting to win the hand of his girl, I think she was a princess, and a mad king he had to win over. I remember the king in one of the stories turns into a monster, and I remember mint chocolate chip ice cream. I am not sure if the king was a mint chocolate chip ice cream monster, or if the town was being flooded by a wave of it.
approx. 10″x14″/landscape picture book; realistic art (not photo); dog is Shetland Sheepdog type; published ca. 1994; ISTR publisher was Japanese company, common at the time; ISTR author or artist name may have included “Walter”; ISTR story used the word “gremlins”.
I remember a book about parents who go away on vacation and leave one cookie for their child to have every night they are gone. I saw it in the mid-70s and thought it was called Moon Cookies but I can’t find a book by that name. Can you help?
Was wondering if someone could help. My recollections may be off on some details.
The book was likely published before 1985, and it was a children’s pictorial book. The book told the story of an elderly woman who took care of a debilitated large bird (perhaps a goose or similar). Each winter the woman makes the decision to not travel to warmer climes (to join a relative), and chooses to stay in the cold snow country to take care of the bird. A portion of the story is around how she teaches the bird to come to her at mealtimes. At some point, the bird becomes blind after being mauled by wolves, and the woman teaches the bird to fly to her (for feedings) by the smell of the food and the scent of a nearby tree (she fed the bird by the side of a lake or pond). Eventually, the woman dies, and the bird flies to her grave and lies down on the grave (presumably to die as well). The story ends with the bird and grave being covered by the snowfall.
Any possible leads would be very appreciated. This book has stayed on my mind for over two decades. Many thanks.
A book about a part-raccoon (maybe fox) brother and sister who lived together in the wild and were hiding from a hunter. Published sometime in the early 1990s. The author and illustrator (they may have been husband and wife) would come to the school libraries and sign books and draw custom doodles.