Gnome and his gardener go on journey to rescue Autumn, personified as a fairy, whom is kidnapped by a warlock. They rescue her, but not before the warlock opens a schism and the gardener falls through. Morning glories grow in the place where he fell through. Illustrated with green felt cover.
This was my American history text for the school year 1958-1959. I remember only two things about it:
1. Among the illustrations was the usual Thomas Nast cartoon of the Tweed Ring, but what I really liked was the “Through History With J. Wesley Smith” cartoons by Burr Shafer.
2. It was the only textbook I’d come across that seemed to have been written by an actual person, with actual ideas, and maybe even a sense of humor!
Aside from that, I think it had a blue cover, and there were questions after the chapters. Not much to go one, but the Shafer cartoons were memorable.
I read a book in the 90s about a girl in the pioneer days who is becoming a witch or learning magic. She lives in a forest with her family and ends up having to gather herbs and set traps for animals for food. It seemed to be setting up a series. Also there was possibly a romantic element.
I don’t remember the title, but I think it may have been from Scholastic. I want to say in the 1980-1983 range.
I do remember the very first story was called “Hugh” and it was the classic hitchhiker story, and in this case Hugh the ghost saves the driver (if I’m not mistaken) from an accident.
I read this book sometime between 6th and 8th grades, so between 1976 and 1979. It was not great literature but catered very much to pubescent and pre-pubescent girls. It was a mass-market paperback anthology of short stories, and I think they all dealt with romance and/or the characters’ first kisses. There might have been some that were just about the trials and tribulations of being that age, but if so, I don’t recall specifics. I do remember one of the stories mentioning chocolate pudding. In another -or maybe the same story- the protagonist went on her first date (possibly a school dance?), and when she and the boy walked home, he kissed her, and she said his lips tasted sweet like Coca-Cola.
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
In the late 1980’s when I was in high school we were assigned to read this book, it’s possible that it was a few years earlier in middle school. There was a young Asian boy, I remember him being Chinese or Vietnamese but he may have been Japanese because I also remember him talking about wanting a lot of “yen”. I remember it because I don’t think I ever really heard of yen before that book. Another thing I first heard of in this book was rice paddies, I don’t remember if he was running away from work on a rice paddy or if he passed by some on his journey.
I’m not sure he was running away at all he may have been on a quest of some sort, it may be that he was wanting to sell something the get money for some reason because I seem to remember he had a destination in mind.
Also, I remember a pig. I thought he had a pig with him or met a pig along the way that followed him but my mother read the book also and she doesn’t remember a pig. She doesn’t remember any more than I do about the book, all she knows is that I liked it so much I gave it to her to read. I’ve thought about this book several times over the years trying to remember it and I’ve looked all over the internet for it and I’ve asked people about it with no luck. I’m hoping it was on a lot of high school or middle school reading list and you will be able to help me.
I remember reading a book in about 7th grade (1982) about a girl traveling with her archeologist father to either a jungle or rain forest. Something happens at the excavation site killing her father and leaving her alone to fend for herself. The story follows her journey back to civilization.
I am looking for a middle reader or young adult book published late 1980s to early 90s. It involved (I believe) a boy who had these sugar cube type things (or possibly seeds) that when he ate them gave him magic or granted a wish that he spoke.
A Red Leather book with an interesting symmetrical design and texture within the leather that is a self help book, of sorts, for adolescent boys with a title conveying the general principal of “now.” Title examples are, “Right Now” or “Today,” Published in the 40’s or 50’s.