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.
I was looking for a series of books I read in elementary school during the mid-60’s about a young boy growing up in Australia. One book in particular dealt with celebrating Christmas at the beach and having a pudding with coins mixed in as prizes.
This was a favorite book of mine when I was very little at the Travelers Rest, South Carolina library between 1987-1990 (age 4-7). It was a small picture book, I believe with fairly simple illustrations on white pages. The little girl pretends she is a giant (or thinks she is a giant?). She goes through various scenarios showing this. The only page I remember clearly is when she is eating trees for her broccoli.
I think it was a short story within an anthology, that involved a rare (maybe Venezuelan?) spider that was the most dangerous in the world, and could paralyze people. I think there was a recluse in his mansion, that included a greenhouse or conservatory, and someone maybe have been trying to get money from him? It was a library book, so I have no idea when it would have been published, but I read it in the early 1990s.
This book I read in the 1980’s at my school library (small primary school, under 30 kids) in a very tiny town in country NSW Australia.
All I remember is that it involved a girl and boy set in England?. I think he was infatuated with her.. either he kidnapped or she went with him willingly and he took her to the moors and there was a cave there. He made her do a blood pact to tie them together. I am pretty sure he had dark hair. Thats all I remember!
The book as I remember it: Soft cover bedtime stories…blue maybe? Looked kinda like a coloring book, but was bedtime stories.
The story: Took place in a candy store, at night all the candy came alive. The only thing I really remember is the marshmallows starting to melt. It would have been in the 1960’s probably. it was my favorite story as a kid and would love to read it to my grandson. Hope you can find it…I have had no luck. Thanks.
I found this book at the library in 1985, it may have been published in the 70s. I believe it was young teen science fiction, it had a long title that included the word “Twinkie” (possibly plural). Central character was a girl.