I have a very vague memory of a book I loved when I was very young. It was a picture book about a family that lived in a tall, skinny house. The illustrations were VERY late-60s, early-70s style. Kind of “mod”, I guess. In my memory, the book is either purple or orange but I’m not sure. Thank you!
This book I remember reading in grade school. The main character was a young girl who liked to have her hair in pigtails and she kept her ribbons for them all organized in the closet.She had red hair and freckles. Maybe her name was Mandy?. I think she was dyslexic she described letters moving around. She had a baseball alarm clock that she could throw to turn it off. I know she was worried about her schoolwork a lot cause the letters moving stuff. It made her act out towards family and friends I think. I read this book probably in the late 80’s to early 90’s. It was most like a book fair book, you know the ones that came every year and we could buy books. I just remember reading it a lot and would very much like to read it again if I can find it.
It is a children’s book or folktale, I think, about a boy named Eduardo, who is sent into the desert, perhaps a trip he will not come back from or sent to his death, and he is told he can requests some items to take with him, he requests eggs and wine. He cooks the eggs, drinks the wine. That is all I know.
Would love to learn the title of this book, and find it so that I can purchase it for my friend who is going through a difficult time and could use some comfort.
children’s book I had in early 1970’s. Was about not judging others by their appearances, that sort of thing. There was a well dressed man and a bum/hobo both with their hands behind their backs. When you turned the page, the bum had flowers behind his back and the “nice” guy had a club or a bat!
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.