I’m looking for a sci-fi storybook, probably from the early ’80s. I remember it as similar in tone to The Black Hole, but that’s definitely not it.
The only scene that sticks out is that at the end, someone is tied up with energy whips or ropes that looked like curved lightsabers.
This story is one of many characters, and is beautifully illustrated. I recall one character as very tall, lanky man, dressed in oranges, reds, and browns, almost as if a medieval or early renaissance peasant. His hair is a very red-hued brown, spiky, and seems to have its own agenda. His face is freckled, ruddy, and very long. He has no facial hair, from what I recall. His ears are pointed, almost as if elven, and his neck is quite thin. Layers of these dark red and burnt-orange-colored and brown tunics fall over spindly legs covered in what looks like tights of the same colors. His shoes are pointed and seem to have no soles. He is also shrouded in fire, and at one point in the story, he cooks a feast of meats and vegetables for the group, as there were no ovens or other ways to cook. Another character is a large, green-hued man with a very round face, and maybe no neck. He is smiling and dressed in greens. His tunic is flowing and I believe his tights are brown. In the story, he grows tall, as a leafy tree, and protects the group of travelers from wind and rain. There are other characters, but I cannot remember many details. In the story, they are all traveling to meet a Czar, for what reason I do not know. The czar has a pointy beard. I also recall a character who resembles a bee, short, with a pointy nose, and wearing a yellow and black striped tunic. At one point, he turns into a swarm of bees to fight of an intruder. The illustrations are many, and greatly detailed. I know it is not a lot to go on….
I’m looking for a kid’s/youth book that had fantastic full page illustrations, and was fairly long. It featured a goblin/elf/hobbit-like creature who went on a quest, and at the end of the book, there was a large stone staircase where you would turn to stone/statue, but the main character managed to avoid being turned to stone and complete his quest. I can’t remember much more than that, but the illustrations were great, and very dark in colour.
Only story I remember from a book of stories I received in the 1st or 2nd grade, mid to late 1960’s. A hardcover book with color illustrations, about a boy and girl, lighthouse keeper’s children, who go with Mom to a big city department store with an escalator. No title, author or publisher.
Book about a wizard/sorcerer, a ring carved in the ground around a castle to create a forcefield. evil sorcerer makes spiders or insects appear and a guard runs and touches the forcefield which then collapses. maybe an apprentice with wizard, used to read a lot of choose your own adventure books?
Looking for a book my mum read when she was younger (so poss. publishing date 1950-70 although could be earlier) which was a fairy pop up book about a fairy who wants to go to a party but can’t as she had nothing to wear and at the end she does go to the party dressed in seaweed or river reeds.
I’m pretty sure that I would have used this book in the 1960s and 1970s. I thought the background on the cover (hardback book) was predominantly red / orange with buildings that looked Russian. My memory that it was “Once Upon a Time Fairy Tales,” or “Around the World…” could have been fairy tales or folk tales.
I do know the stories were from many countries. The pictures were in color and I thought maybe the editor / collector was a Russian name. I can see the cover in my mind’s eye.
Included in the book: Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Three Sillies, The Bunyip (Austrlia), tale about an elephant and a tortoise, Egyptian story in which an arm is cut off, The Three Fates, a Nordic (?) tale about a woman and a witch with a stone boat, a tropic story called “The Bones…,” Why the Sea Has Lost it’s Salt, a story about a leprechaun that plants gold in a field and marks the spot many times to trick someone, The Frog Prince, a story about a young Eskimo(?) princess in which someone becomes a wolf.
Hope this leads to something. Thank you for your help.
In late 50′s my grandmother read to me many times a book checked out from our local public library. It was about a little girl who broke her leg. Someone would carry her outside every day and she spent the summer in a hammock beside a brook. She made friends with the small animals. She mesmerized them with her soothing voice. Maybe that’s where the brook comes in – her voice was like a flowing brook. I don’t remember the little girl’s name or any other details. I have had several librarians through the years be on the lookout for the book, but no one has identified it yet.
Been searching for this romance/comedy for 8 years. Hapless down on her luck gal loses job, & also has bad guys after her. Meets a guy she describes as a lazy, good for nothing slackass (or slob or slacker) who wants nothing to do w/ her or her problems, but eventually helps her out. Paperback.
I just wanted to add that the title of the book will be something very funny/catchy/clever. I am not a romance novel reader, but I remember when I saw this book while standing in line at the grocery store that I didn’t want to reach for it because it was clearly a romance novel, but the title finally won me over & forced me to reach for it. Also, the cover did NOT sport your typical “bodice ripping” sort of a pic, it might possibly have been a more cartoon-ish image, & possibly w/ a fun type of font. I didn’t have enough $$ to purchase it, & when I finally went back it was but a distant memory. I hope this helps, my fingers are double crossed, & good luck! THANK YOU!!
I think it was in 1978, while in 2nd grade, I read a mystery book about a boy visiting a castle (I think in Scotland) and there were ghosts trying to tell him something. I think I remember something about the ocean and maybe characters who names were like those in Macbeth or another Shakespeare book