Category Archives: Unsolved

333T: Boy Uses Light to De-Age Dog and Sister

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This is a middle grade book probably published before 2008. It's about a boy who likes science and has an old dog and a teenage sister. The family goes to visit their grandfather, who's dying, and while there the boy discovers a light or something in the attic/grandpa's office. The boy then uses the light to de-age his dog back into a puppy and his angsty sister back into a pre-teen. He then tries to convince the grandfather to de-age himself to be healthy again, but the grandfather tells him not to. I remember the scene where the sister got de-aged because she was really different and kind of confused, since she had drifted away from the friends she had at that age and was suddenly signing up for high school classes. She called up some old friends and kind of made up with them, I think. I also think the boy had a microscope and a fort in his bedroom that he hid the light in while trying to figure out how it worked. I can't remember the title of this book, who wrote it, or what it looks like. Please help!

333S: Teenage Girl Helps Orphaned Foxes in their Den

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My mom (born in 1960) has long searched for this book she read in her childhood. She consulted with librarians and even wrote a letter to the Toronto Star, but none of the suggestions were it. She gave up in the '90s. It was a picture book (for children) about a teenage girl who finds a den of orphaned fox cubs and cares for them in the den, rather than taking them home. The illustrations were in pencil crayon or pastel style. She believes it wasn't an old book back then, so it was probably published in the late '50s or '60s.

 

333R: Interactive Alphabet Sounds

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I am looking for a children’s interactive alphabet sound book that was purchased in the 90's at either Price Club or Costco. I believe it had a white cover with the soundboard of alphabet letters attached to the side of the book. Each letter would play a sound. All I can remember is that the “T” was for trombone. This is all I can remember at this point. Thank you!

333Q: Children Taken From Homes, Renamed Alphabetically

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In the mid 1980’s, I read a book at the local library. I only have vague memories of it. It was an odd story about 5 children who were “taken” from their homes. They wake up in a vehicle, and are told that some of them were given up freely by their parents and the others were kidnapped. They are renamed alphabetically by age. I believe the first kid was renamed Alex. At the end of the book, the children are given the option to return to their homes, and some decide not to.
I don’t remember any other content of this book, or the title or the author. I found the book in the children’s section of our library. Any chance you could help me find it?

333P: Boy in Wheelchair Can Astral Project

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Grant Molina, cambriawk@gmail.com[/privaate]

Book was read in the late 80's - early 90's.

Highlights:

Boy is confined to a wheelchair, living with his grandma in a trailer. The town fair is near his home and he really wants to attend, but isn't able to. Somehow he astral projects himself to the fair. The boy's ability to astral project increases. At one point he notices a man who is suspicious or is about to commit a crime. The boy follows the suspicious man to he apartment. The apartment is filled with doll heads hanging from the ceiling.

Sorry if this description seems jumbled, it was second-hand information from my sister. I am trying to help her out. Thank you.

333O: Bedtime Story Anthology

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Looking for an old Children’s book I had when I was a child and I can’t seem to find it anywhere!
I’m almost positive the cover is blue, and I believe it has something about bedtime stories in the title (but I’m not positive about that). It is an anthology – there are at least 3 stories in the book – one about a girl who gets to visit the fair when it comes to town, one told from the point of view of a teddy bear who gets a surprise birthday thrown for him and one about a child visiting dreamland.

333N: Dinosaur Rainbow

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Seeking the following book:

– children’s book

– owned in late 1980’s

– title something about Dinosaur Picnic?
– each page was a different color dinosaur….. One page I remember was ” the purple dinosaurs gathered round to play”?
– the last page was….. “Then all the different dinosaurs gathered round to play and made a PERFECT rainbow to brighten up their day.”

333J: Victorian Mansion Cross Sections

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I’m looking for a children’s book I had back around 15-20 years ago. It was a large picture book of a Victorian mansion (or castle?). Each page was another cross-section of a wing of the mansion, and a brief description and clue of something specific to search for on that page before turning to the next. I remember one page involving a dance/ball, and another involving a pillow fight, and one involving a garden/outdoors. Each cross-section depicted multiple floors, and the top ones typically belonged to the wealthy family while the lower ones depicted the staff/maids/bulter’s quarters, etc. I believe the protagonist is a young female child, and I vaguely remember there being a pelican involved — not sure if that was a character or part of the title; perhaps a mascot who guides the girl through the book. The pictures were very artistic and detailed, somewhat sophisticated and very amusing, so likely a book for children over 8 years old.

333I: Boy’s Overgrown Chalk Art Washed Away By Rain

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Boy chalks beanstalk or garden all over the pavement/sidewalk of his town, possibly as part of an art competition. Then rain washes it away, leaving only what was done in an alley way.

Children’s fiction - read in 1980/1990s. He was given an allotted space to do his chalk art but he went up the walls and through alley ways etc. At the end it was all rained away.

Beautiful illustrations as I recall - not a chapter book but a child’s story book.

333E: Young Muskrat Contends With a Forest Fire

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The story is a muskrat growing up, his adventures, from his point of view. Most memorable part is when there is a forest fire going on; he describes the fear, the fire, smoke, etc.

I read this book around 1961-63, so book was definitely published before 1963. Book was dark brown. Illustrations are like a moonlit night as the muskrat travels by a stream and sees smoke, etc.