Around 1960 I loved a children’s book that had an old man, a young boy, a cat, catnip and recipes
311N:A Cat And Catnip
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311M:Swashbuckling Pirate
I was born in 1952 and the first book I remember had a swashbuckling pirate in a cave with treasure chests overflowing with colorful jewels and gold. The was a second character in the scene, but I can’t remember details.
311K: Poems and Nursery Rhymes
I had a wonderful children’s book (maybe from the 40’s??)
Hard cover, lighter green embossed cover. Larger dimensions than a regular book.
It was not very thick (maybe an inch or two??)
It was filled with fables, short stories, poems and nursery rhymes
I remember It included “Pandora’s box”, a poem about “who loved mother best” and “the land of counterpane” among many others
I lost it many years ago.
I would do love to know what it was called do I might try to find it again...
311J: Black Jack
The story is about a really sweet girl who lives near a swamp. There is also a boy who likes the girl. There is a bad guy, I think his name was Black Jack or something like that, who wants to do something bad in or to the swamp. He ends up being killed by a rattlesnake and when they find him the snake is already eating one of his legs. I read this book the first time when I was in elementary school.
311I: Splish Fish
Baby book, maybe bath book, has just a few words on each page: Splish Fish, Quick Quick, Safe Home. Those are all I remember.
311G: Jacobites and Second Sight
Hello. I’m looking for a children’s/ young adult novel I found in a school library in 1977. I thought of it then as an “older book,” so I’m guessing the publication date to be between 1945 and 1965. It’s historical fiction that takes place during Scotland in the Jacobite period. The main character is a teen girl who sometimes has visions via the “second sight,” a gift that allows her to help save the prince at the end. It’s not a Sally Watson book.
311E: An Old Abbot’s House
The book I am thinking about would have been published before 1968 I believe because i read it when I was about eight or nine in 1967. I live in England. I believe i borrowed it from the library or the school library.
The book was about a group of children staying in an old Abbot’s house or at least close to an old monastery. Virtually all I can remember of the plot was the finding of an old map in a settle in the house, which led them to find treasure in the monastery garden.I seem to remember the treasure was actually from the church and it was important for some reason that it had been found.
311D: Similar to Nancy Drew
Looking for a mystery series similar to Nancy Drew but with two girls and a tag along little brother.
311C: Peter Pan Is Alive
This book starts off with the facts that all the superheroes are dead but Peter Pan is alive and so is the unknown hero of the book. I think the book was out in the 70’s or 80’s. It was a comedy. Is there any idea the name of it?
311B: Emotionless Creature
Hey, guys! I’m trying to find the name of a book for my husband. He’s been searching for it for a really long time. He remembers it as a young adult novel.
So, from what I understand, it’s about a creature (possibly child shaped and most likely male) who lives alone in the wild and scorns humans for their emotional attachments. The creature can see everyone’s emotional attachments as tendrils of light coming out of them. At some point, this creature gets taken in by an old woman and begins to develop his own attachments to certain people and it distresses him.