Picture book, for ages ~6-10? I read it at least 20 yrs ago. Fantasy/sci fi. Girl lives in oppressive tribe in desert world. She runs away, crosses desert, almost dies. She has pet with her. Eventually she reaches another civilization. Colors red and green (or blue?) played major role in story.
The book I am looking for was about a bunch of different animals (a golden lab puppy, a kitten, a hen, a duck and turtle I think, maybe also a squirrel) that all lived together in a cottage in the woods. I think it was a golden book but can’t find it on their lists. I also think it was a picture book. It has several pictures of them all cohabiting and doing house chores. I think there was a picture of the puppy with an apron pulling stuff out of the oven. I also remember pictures of them holding little hobo packs (bags on the end of a stick) possibly moving to the cottage. The artwork was not cartoony it was more like paintings.
A children’s book, about a group of woodland animals who stumble across a ‘baby’ in the woods – they’re concerned that it’s been abandoned, and the common refrain is “Whose baby is this?” It is in fact a child’s doll, and the little girl comes running to fetch her, as the snow falls – gorgeous art.
Nonfiction book from 4th grade, 1989-1990, about codes, ciphers, being a spy, etc. Blue, paperback, not large, moderate thickness, black and white. Each paragraph had a graphical icon identifying its category, e.g. codes, disguises, actual spies from history, etc.
This is a very vague memory and unfortunately I only remember a few minor details. It was a colorful children’s book with a little cottage surrounded by a moat. A little man rowed a boat shaped like a swan (or a duck) to and from the cottage. It is NOT The Old Man at the Moat, although I realize it sounds similar. The man in that book has reddish hair and is shown as rather large, whereas I think the man in this book was small and had brown hair and a brown beard. It was also a different style of illustration – everything was drawn smaller and was show as being farther away (vs. large and up close as in The Old Man at the Moat). I remember lots of pinks and purples and one picture of the cottage that showed it viewed from the left side (if you were looking at it from the outside). The cottage was also on a very small plot of land – almost like a circle had been cut out just to fit the house. I thought at first it might be Magic Afternoon (similar vibe and illustration style), but that cottage doesn’t have a moat!
Read it in mid-90s so published before then. Main characters one boy one girl. The two hadn’t seen each other in a few years. Girl had a younger sib, a sister I think. Main characters took a boat out at night to solve the mystery of the floating lights across the lake, was just an old lanturn.
I am looking for a children’s book that has a red hardback cover. I believe the pages inside are all black & white. There are no words. It is a picture story about an apple. At one point I think the apple is thrown out a window. No, it is not The Giving Tree – that has a green cover. It’s size is about 5 x 7 and it is vertical. I don’t know the title.
When I was in 5th grade I read a book about some girls who stole a leprechaun’s bag of magic. I don’t remember much of the book as that was in 1979 or 1980. In the story I recall the girls (sisters) were trapped in a painting. I remember that it appeared the painting was watching you. I also remember the book going back in history as in a back story to the leprechaun and the girls. I also recall the girls being bad or evil. I really don’t remember much of the book other than it scared me like crazy! I skipped recess to read this book and read on the edge of my seat scared out of my wits. If anyone knows what this book is, I will be most grateful!!
Just note that the book I’m searching for is definitely not “A Birthday for Frances”.
My sister and I first saw this book in our elementary school back in the mid 70’s in the midwest of Canada. It was probably an American book perhaps from the 50’s or 60’s.
It was a smallish hard back book. The most prominent aspect was that it was made up of 3 colors, black, pink (my sister thinks it was bright magenta) and white.
The premise of the book seemed to revolve around a black and white animal family (skunks?) and a birthday cake with pink candles. My sister seems to remember that the drawings were very simple using black heavy lines. One of my recollections is that the end pages had vertical black and pink stripes.
Can you help us? We are so desperate to find this book again!!
I’m looking for a YA book from the late 60s or early 70s. It’s about the friendship between a teenaged boy and girl, who over the course of time become closer-boyfriend/girlfriend. He arranges to have a locket or pendant made for her fashioned like a violet, since she loves violets. Not much to go on, I’m afraid.