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310R:The Creepy Little Girl

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I’m pretty sure the title is one word, “The ______ “. I remember most the ending; a little girl is walking around the perimeter of her house (a Victorian?), looking in the windows, but can’t get in and no one can hear/see her. Through the windows she sees another girl who looks exactly like her, interacting with her (the main character’s) family, playing with her toys, basically living her life in her place like an impostor. At the end she discovers she is in fact dead, a ghost, and the other little girl has replaced her.

310Q: Societies At war

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Number of years ago I read  a series of books about a society that was at war with what seemed to be a plant related species that was taking over the country.  The Prince of the “good guys” formed an alliance with an enemy
society, which were reptilian nature.  The prince transports them to his country on iceberg boats and together they defeat the enemy.  The Prince then allows the enemy society to remain in his counties  as allies and
friends even though they were different species.

310O: The Murder Of A woman’s Teenage Daughter

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I’m looking for a paperback book I read in the late 70s possibly the very earlier 80s. The book was non fiction, written about the murder of a woman’s teenage (she may have been in her early 20s) daughter. The mother solved the murder by receiving what she believed were messages from her dead daughter. The murderer was her daughter’s boyfriend (husband).

310N: Oregon in the 19th century

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I read this book between 1958 and 1964. Here is what I remember about it  a youth-oriented novel (there was no category of Young Adult in those years)set in Oregon in the 19th century.Involved a young boy who was a drift in some way and got involved with trees included the word “Yus,” in place of “Yes,” as a dialectical expression may have had a reference to tall fir trees in the title.
I have searched for this book on the Internet quite a bit, without result.  It is a very good book that I have wanted to recommend to kids, but I could not!!

310L: Vulture eats the Profits

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I am looking for a children’s book that I read to my son in the late 70’s.  It is about a vulture.  My vague recollection is that the vulture goes into business but keeps messing up by doing things like eating up all of the inventory etc.  He has other animal character friends that help him out.  It may have been a series of books about these animal characters.  The title could have been something like “Vulture eats the Profits “.
Any help that you can give me would be highly appreciated.   The book has sentimental value.

 

310K: Animal Festival

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Main characters were named Mayor Zebra, Rabbit, and Hen. Starts off with the three playing instruments under a Banyan tree. Decide to host a craft festival with the towns animals. Scenes include a bull running a china shop, an owl doing astrology, antelopes maybe? making kites, and a spider making lace. Book ends with Mayor Zebra, Rabbit, and Hen being declared winners for putting the festival together. Book had very detailed artwork.

310J: Pen and Ink Illustrated book on dying from 1970s or 1980s

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I own The Zen of Seeing by Frederick Franck from those years, and I thought he also wrote a book about dying with black and white ink and watercolor illustrations in the early 1980s. However, I don’t think he was the author, though the book I am recalling had a similar look. I gave it to my landlady whose husband was dying, and she found it very comforting. I have a couple of friends now in similar circumstances and I would love to track down a copy. I think the word “Zen” was in the title, but I am not sure. I don’t think it’s the one with the spiral on the cover and the title that I see on Amazon. Do you know what book this might be?