Nonfiction book from 4th grade, 1989-1990, about codes, ciphers, being a spy, etc. Blue, paperback, not large, moderate thickness, black and white. Each paragraph had a graphical icon identifying its category, e.g. codes, disguises, actual spies from history, etc.
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!
Read it in mid-90s so published before then. Main characters one boy one girl. The two hadn’t seen each other in a few years. Girl had a younger sib, a sister I think. Main characters took a boat out at night to solve the mystery of the floating lights across the lake, was just an old lanturn.
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”.
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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
When I was in 5th grade I read a book about some girls who stole a leprechaun’s bag of magic. I don’t remember much of the book as that was in 1979 or 1980. In the story I recall the girls (sisters) were trapped in a painting. I remember that it appeared the painting was watching you. I also remember the book going back in history as in a back story to the leprechaun and the girls. I also recall the girls being bad or evil. I really don’t remember much of the book other than it scared me like crazy! I skipped recess to read this book and read on the edge of my seat scared out of my wits. If anyone knows what this book is, I will be most grateful!!
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!!
I’m looking for a YA book from the late 60s or early 70s. It’s about the friendship between a teenaged boy and girl, who over the course of time become closer-boyfriend/girlfriend. He arranges to have a locket or pendant made for her fashioned like a violet, since she loves violets. Not much to go on, I’m afraid.
I am currently looking for a children’s book which is not illustrated but uses actual photos. I read the book in the late 80’s or early 90’s. The book is about an orange or brown kitten that lives on a farm. I can remember pictures of the cat running in a field of flowers, and a picture of the cat knocking over jars of flour and making a mess. The sentence that I remember most clearly was something to the effect of “Oh no, she has gotten into such a pickle” after she knocks over the flour. I had to ask my father and he told me that “pickle” also meant getting into troubled situation.