A children’s book, about a group of woodland animals who stumble across a ‘baby’ in the woods – they’re concerned that it’s been abandoned, and the common refrain is “Whose baby is this?” It is in fact a child’s doll, and the little girl comes running to fetch her, as the snow falls – gorgeous art.
This is a very vague memory and unfortunately I only remember a few minor details. It was a colorful children’s book with a little cottage surrounded by a moat. A little man rowed a boat shaped like a swan (or a duck) to and from the cottage. It is NOT The Old Man at the Moat, although I realize it sounds similar. The man in that book has reddish hair and is shown as rather large, whereas I think the man in this book was small and had brown hair and a brown beard. It was also a different style of illustration – everything was drawn smaller and was show as being farther away (vs. large and up close as in The Old Man at the Moat). I remember lots of pinks and purples and one picture of the cottage that showed it viewed from the left side (if you were looking at it from the outside). The cottage was also on a very small plot of land – almost like a circle had been cut out just to fit the house. I thought at first it might be Magic Afternoon (similar vibe and illustration style), but that cottage doesn’t have a moat!
I am looking for a children’s book that has a red hardback cover. I believe the pages inside are all black & white. There are no words. It is a picture story about an apple. At one point I think the apple is thrown out a window. No, it is not The Giving Tree – that has a green cover. It’s size is about 5 x 7 and it is vertical. I don’t know the title.
I read this to my children in the 70’s and 80’s. The moral of the story seemed to be about compassion and freedom. It seems that it was an oblong shaped book, not hard cover, but not cloth, but flexible.
It seems that the background, on the very colorful pages, was black and shiny. When your hand warmed places on the pages, the color would brighten and become visible. The story was about a very beautiful, happy fish, jumping and gleefully playing in the sea. He is somehow caught (don’t remember how or by who) maybe with a net, by a man or boy. The person takes the fish home to keep forever and puts him in a little pond. Not long after being in the pond the fish becomes dull and sad and not beautiful any longer. He is released back into the sea and swims off, shiny and beautiful again in the sea. The last line in the book is something like, “ a beautiful, or magical fish loses his beauty or magic when captured”.
Hi–
I am trying to find a children’s book that talks about colors– every page is a different color.
I cannot remember the title, but the book cover is black (the one I had was hardcover) and the cover has a peacock on it. The text inside is in rhyme, covering a different color on each page.
Here is some text I remember:
–Plates of purple pickle pie (for page on purple)
–Small blue snail, Big blue whale, Snail on whale, Whale on snail!?, It’s no wonder they go under (for page on blue)
–Pink peacock passing by, When she is full of pickle pie, Pink peacock says, Goodbye –I believe this is on last page, which is probably pink
Just note that the book I’m searching for is definitely not “A Birthday for Frances”.
My sister and I first saw this book in our elementary school back in the mid 70’s in the midwest of Canada. It was probably an American book perhaps from the 50’s or 60’s.
It was a smallish hard back book. The most prominent aspect was that it was made up of 3 colors, black, pink (my sister thinks it was bright magenta) and white.
The premise of the book seemed to revolve around a black and white animal family (skunks?) and a birthday cake with pink candles. My sister seems to remember that the drawings were very simple using black heavy lines. One of my recollections is that the end pages had vertical black and pink stripes.
Can you help us? We are so desperate to find this book again!!
This was a favorite book of mine when I was very little at the Travelers Rest, South Carolina library between 1987-1990 (age 4-7). It was a small picture book, I believe with fairly simple illustrations on white pages. The little girl pretends she is a giant (or thinks she is a giant?). She goes through various scenarios showing this. The only page I remember clearly is when she is eating trees for her broccoli.
My mom used to read me a book in the early 1950’s which told the story of a bunny who disobeyed his mother and fell into a hole in the woods–eventually rescued, he learned his lesson. The distinctive thing about the book was that the illustrations were photos of real bunnies dressed up in human clothing–for some reason, I think the photographer’s first name was ‘Bill’, but not certain about that. Any help greatly appreciated.
I would guess from the pictures that I remember that it was very Art Deco, from the 20’s, maybe the 30’s. I used to have it when I was 5 or 6, but it was old then. My Great Grandparents gave it to me, I think. I wore it out. It was my favorite. I think it was a thin book, like a Little Golden Book, don’t know publisher. I would love to know the title, author, and if any copies are available. The pictures are what are imprinted on my mind. If I see it, I will know it.
It is about 7 princesses that are awakened each night and secretly taken to another land, by boat, to meet their princes and (I think) dance all night. I don’t remember much more.
I’m looking for a children’s book early 1980s (or possibly very late 70s). The main character was a young bear who had bionic shoes – Bruce the Bionic Bear? He looked like one of the Berenstain bears, but I can’t seem to track him down that way. When he put his shoes on, he could leap across streams and there was a big rainbow illustrated somewhere in it too.