Category Archives: Unsolved

197B: Cat runs away about being dressed up like a baby

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Cat is owned by a brother and sister. They constantly dress him up like baby, even putting him in a stroller. He decides that he’s had enough and he runs away. He goes somewhere cold (maybe Alaska, or somewhere similar). He then goes ice fishing and catches a fish. He has no one to be with. He realizes he misses the kids and goes home to them. At the end up the book he is all dressed up and says something about this not being so bad. It was made around the 90’s. The cat was either a tabby or grey.

197A: Man in modern day is struck by lightning and transported 1000 years back in time

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Man in modern day is struck by lightning and transported 1000 years back in time to same spot. Survives animal attack but barely. Nursed and mentored by old ancient native american. Man communicates with present day wife through cave writing which is found by archaeologists in present. Archaeologists date writing and find it is authentic but still skeptical as writing is modern English. Man never gets home to present day. Starts new life in past with native american woman. Thank you!

196F: Stuck in the Snow Children’s book

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The book I am searching for is a children’s picture book from the 1960s/1970s. It was about a big snow storm. Lots of people kept getting stuck in the snow storm, and they went to a cozy little house (I believe it was up on a hill) to wait it out. While they were there they ate biscuits and all became friendly together. This is all I remember!

I would love to read this book to my daughter.

196A: surviving a disaster, but not a historical fiction

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I am looking for a book, I guesstimate that I read it 4-10 years ago and typically I read books that are new and currently selling in bookstores. Here is my dream-like recollection:
Theme of book is surviving a disaster, but not a historical fiction (ie, not dust bowl, depression per se) but I do feel like it was Americana rural setting maybe in 1930s-1950s? There are only 3 main characters: a mother, her teen son and a neighbor/man/stranger. The disaster has caused a shortage in gasoline and the mother/son drive to the bank and grocery store but they can’t get money from bank and there is very little food left at the grocery. They go home and have to survive. Maybe the neighbor/man kills an animal? The mother has to rely on and trust this stranger/neighbor. The mother has to trade something very valuable to a roaming salesman who is selling butter/milk. Money is worthless. The neighbor/man has a severe toothache and extracts his own tooth.

It is not a children’s book though. If you can’t find the book, can you recommend another searching source – I’m not so great with “google”.
Thank you very much for your time!

195H: Mouse picking up shiny things

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I am looking for a children’s book about a mouse (rat?) who would see something pretty or shiny and pick it up. He would get distracted by the next shiny thing and put down what was in his hands and pick up the next thing. My husband thinks it’s called “Pick it, Put it” or the other way around. It was his favorite book in the early 60’s. Can you help? Thank you for trying!

195G: Children’s book with descriptive skin tones

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I wish I had more information, but my girlfriend described a book that she had as a child. It was (I believe) a picture book, with various pictures of children of color and descriptions of their skin tones (like “John’s skin is the color of a penny,” stuff like that). I know it’s not a lot to go on, but if anyone remembers anything, that would be great.

195E: Uncle sends a penguin to his nephew.

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Nephew receives a box in the mail from his uncle. When the boy opens the box he is surprised there is a penguin inside.
My father who was born in 1930 tells me this is one of the first books he ever read which leads me to believe the book was published in the 1930s. My father doesn’t remember much else but he always laughs when he describes the boy opening the box and finding the penguin. I would love to be able to find this book for him to read again.