As a child I was gifted a hard cover picture book, written in the late 40’s or 50’s. It contained wonderful pencil-drawn illustrations of sleek and aerodynamic autos of that era. They were drawn from the perspective of a child viewing from a sidewalk in a busy city. I do not recall the name of the book, or even the story, but I have vivid memories of the drawings.
I am looking for a children book I had in my childhood all I remember is that there was a peeking mouse on a hole on a wall, an old man, a cat and a bathtub. The old man was in the bathtub. The art was amazing almost vector style. I was maybe 5 or 4 when I had this book I wish I remember its title I know it was vintage between 1960 to maybe 1978 I had this book in the 80s.
I am looking for a nursery rhyme picture book that I had in the mid to late 1980’s. The measurements of the book are approx. 7 by 7. The book is at least 90 pages; it was pretty thick. The illustrations are very bright and vibrant and have been described as “retro kitsch” similar to Virginia Parsons illustrations. The rhymes are the original English versions. For example, instead of “Ring-around-the rosie” it reads Ring-a-ring o’roses”. If you do a google image search for “retro kitsch” and “nursery rhyme” you will see a woman selling pages from the book on Etsy. i have contacted her and she claims to have no information about the book itself. There may have been some fairy tales mixed in with the rhymes, not sure if I am remembering that correctly. I beleive there was some red on the cover. It was a hardcover book and the pages have a matte finish. Thank you for your help!
I would check this book out of the library when I was in elementary school. I would put the time period between 1990-1995. The book in question is an illustrated children’s book about a boy whose toys either come to life for real or in a dream. They are mostly toy soldiers and in the book are wonderful two page color illustrations of these scenes with the toys. I remember one scene is in a bath tub with a toy boat battle. I don’t think the book was any older than the eighties but I obviously could be mistaken.
A book of rhymes, one of which was “Under the raft Melissa dived to find some shells for Joe. But all she found was seaweed, and a crab that pinched her toe.” Also. Billy’s bouncing ball as big as he which ended up in a tree and one about a black cat covered in flour. Thank you.
YA book I read around the 70’s. Fantasy genre. Some kids find an odd-looking stray dog – white with red ears; maybe eyes that glow? They want to adopt the dog. They find out the dog is from the Wild Hunt. The dog isn’t supposed to be in the mortal world. British folklore references.
Series about a boy living on a plane. Plane has a lab?
girl living in Nazi-occupied Finland or Sweden. Mother gives her a necklace (gold?) and is subsequently killed (perhaps in an avalanche?)
Fantasy/ children’s about a Girl and community who are branded on the forehead. Read circa 1995.
I am looking for an anthology of short children’s stories that I had as a child ( in the mid 1980s). Based on my recollection, it should have been published in the late 1970s to mid 1980s. It had a shiny navy blue cover with some illustrations. There were spot color illustrations throughout the book. I would estimate that it had between 200 – 300 pages in total. It contained numerous short stories.
The story that i recall most clearly involves a boy who had to wash dishes as a punishment. During this chore, he was magically transported to a land where everything was made from pancakes. There were countless other stories in this book, including one about elves who were cobblers and a pirate who was a rat.