This was a book in the Dr Seuss/PD Eastman format (i.e. about that size, not very long, line drawings with only a few colors) about a boy who starts noticing footprints on his ceiling and it turns out there is a boy who lives upside down. They make friends, but they can only go some places together. I remember a scene at a dock, for instance, where one was on top and the other was underneath. It has to have been published by 1964 or so.
I am looking for a book my Grandmother had when I was a child. It was a children’s chapter book published in the 80s or early 90s, and was likely something she got either through a book club or at a yard sale. It seemed like it was intended to be part of a series, though I don’t know if any other volumes were ever published. The book was about a pair of siblings (I believe it was a brother and sister, though it could have been two sisters), who were attending summer camp. They were either not getting along with each other, or not enjoying camp and were unhappy. In the middle of the night, another brother and sister appear and invite them to come with them to a magic carnival. They ride a canoe up a moonbeam to the carnival in the sky somewhere. There they see all sorts of incredible characters and shows. There is an octopus running a game booth. And at the end there is a dolphin race where the children ride the dolphins and one of the siblings wins (their earlier angst may have been a result of one of them losing a race at camp??). Over the course of their adventures, the siblings mend their differences and at the end are returned to camp ready to enjoy the rest of their summer. Something about the book, either a summary in the back or something on the back cover, implied that there would be other books where different kids who were having problems would be taken to the carnival to sort them out. I have been searching for info on this book for years and any help would be much appreciated!
Young adult chapter book that I read as a child in school (1990s) There are two witches I believe on an island, or maybe there is an underground lake. They are raising or taking care of a little girl (maybe orphaned?) and she finds an infant mermaid & there are other magical happenings
I am trying to find a book that I loved as a grade schooler.
It’s about a boy who lives in the country or on a farm. He finds out he can read dog’s minds. There is a big dog who communicates in black and white and a little dog who communicates in color.
I have part of the title, but not all
It’s J. —–‘s ESP.
I am looking for a children’s book that I had in the 80’s. The latest being August 1986. There were 100 stories each being one or two pages long. There was an illustration for every story. The pages were 8 x 5 3/4. I do not recall the title of the book. However, I found “100 BEDTIME STORIES ” published in 1980 by Hamlyn, unfortunately this wasn’t it.
The book was hard covered with a white background and lots of pictures on the front.
Some of the stories are:
1. Space age Jimmy
2. Winston goes to sea
3. Jane and the wasp
4. Sparky and the cat
5. Playing indoors
6. First steps
7. A windy day
8. Blowing bubbles
9. Scrambled eggs
10. The diary
11. A pantomime
12. Dressing up
13. Adam’s scrapbook
14. Fun on wheels
15. Swimming lessons
16. The twins’ den
17. The library.
I read this in elementary school in the late 70s or early 80s. It’s a story about a family who travels around the western US, I think in a covered wagon, putting on a variety-type show in the small towns they pass through. It is mostly about the older daughter who wanted to be treated more as an adult and fought with her mom about whether she could wear a hairstyle that did or did not show her ears. At the end of the book she defied her mother and performed some kind of ballerina act with the adult hairstyle. The parents also let each kid pick one day a year where they could break all the rules and not be punished. There was also a part about them searching for a “man with a Bowie knife” who had committed a crime. It had some funny elements and a nice family dynamic.
Picture book with almost watercolor like illustrations of pink and grey. Much whitespace. About a child (boy/girl don’t remember) and he/she looks into the reflection of the water (lake?) and fairy land is on the other side. He/she falls in and is trapped and cannot get home? Read in mid/late 80s.
I’ve been trying to find the title to this book. I don’t remember much about it but its essence stuck with me. There are orphaned (i believe) siblings (i believe) who have a hide-out and get mixed up with Jesse James (i believe) or some other bank robbers on the frontier.
Large book, about a sequoia or redwood in the pacific rainforest, it drops its nuts on the forest floor and several trees grow up around it, forming a circle. Ultimately it dies in a lightning storm, then becomes a nurse log. Beautiful artwork, animals, trees. Poignant story.
I think this book stumper may be one of the harder ones. I’ve been trying to help my friend find this one and we’ve gone ALL over the Internet to every single site that does this sort of thing and NO ONE has the slightest idea of what the book is. SO, if you guys can figure it out we’d both be eternally grateful!! 🙂
What is Remembered About it:
the name of the planet translated to “Tawny” if I remember. that was also the colour of the eyes of all natives there. the woman who was transported
to the planet had different coloured eyes.
I remember that she became a “priestess’ due to the fact she had more than
one child with her husband back on Earth. as well as due to her transport.
she had special abilities. abilities these males in a bad area wanted to
stop. because they wanted the natives to stop breeding.
1) Available in 80s or 90s in SF/Fantasy
(2) The author is definitely a woman
(3) It is *not* part of a series – it is a stand alone book
(4) I have a vague recollection of the word “Karin” or “Kirin” or “Kyrin”
or something like that in the title or possibly the name of the main
character or the planet. But, searches on these words have been fruitless.
(5) The opening of the book is set in “modern” times – i.e. 20th century.
(6) The main character is a 30-something year old woman who is out jogging
and gets transported to another world through a vortex. She finds herself
as a pseudo servant on this planet. Character ‘falls’ for overlord of
manor. The book sounds like a corny sci-fi romance, but it is not a
‘bodice
ripper’. [I recall a scene in a horse paddock where the
‘overseer/overlord’
is trying to capture her. She is still wearing her jogging shoes and she
is
able to evade him because her running skills are superior to the other
captives. Another scene I remember takes place in a sauna. Another woman
reaches out and touches the main character’s c-section scar. A spark leaps
between them and the other woman is able to get pregnant. In another scene
she is back on a starship and finds out that she was kidnapped illegally
and that there is no way for her to get back to earth as too much time has
now passed there and her family is long gone
(7) The book is NOT part of the “Gor” series by John Norman. Again, not a bodice ripper!