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Setting about to fill it, she plucks and chooses objects of delight from each letter of the alphabet. Bitten by the collector's bug, she embarks on an exciting adventure. This poster may be thinking of the animal books by Thornton W. All of them seem to be in print. The poster might check the Thornton Burgess books. Peter Rabbit and his many friends are followed in their daily lives and have many adventures while the reader learns about nature. They were published in the early 's and were in most school libraties in the 50's. A87 animal's daily routine: This could have been a book about "Pedro," the little airplane that takes over his father's mail route.

Originally a cartoon short in "Saludos Amigos" by Disney, I remember seeing the story in one of my Disney storybooks. This looks like a book about Jay Jay the Jet Plane. There are several - they are based on a cartoon series of the same name. It sounds like the plot of an MGM cartoon I saw, where an older propelled cargo plane is always being razzed by the younger, faster jets.

What's worse is that his son is also a baby jet! In order to raise money for his family, Dad Prop-plane enters some sort of contest against the jets. He tries, nearly crashes, until Junior saves the day and his dad. Fly-away at the Air Show. We had a colorful book in the mid or so that seems to fit the description of this searcher.

Not that it helps. Mine as a child included a 45rpm record! In it, humans were putting on teddy bear disguises so they could sneak into the teddy bears' picnic unnoticed. Hope you find yours soon! This collection contains a story called "Pancake", "Henny-Penny", as well as a couple of "Fox" stories. It was originally published in and there have been numerous reprints, including one in Unfortunately I don't know if "Pancake" was the first story in the collection, but I bet someone else out there can look it up and let us know for sure.

I think this anthology is the one I had from the Childcraft series I don't know which printing - but I had mine in the earely 70s. The runaway pancake was the first stroy, and the cover was had a picture of the fox and the stork, which may account for the memory of the fox stroy. AII6 I think it may be this, which I reproduce from an ad beause it lists a lot of the stories. I can't find my copy to check myself. Chimney corner stories; tales for little children.

Collection of children's stories from: Hoban, Russell, Harvey's Hideout. Could you be thinking of Harvey's Hideout? It's about a brother and sister muskrat who squabble all the time. The brother has a secret cave and at the end of the book he finds out his sister has a secret cave next door to his. I'm not sure about it, but this one keeps coming up in my WorldCat searches - seems there aren't too many books with muskrats as main characters! As a result, they both spend some lonely hours refusing to play with each other. I remember the brother and sister eating cheese, which looked funny.

I keep thinking his name is Eddie. Maybe these clues will help someone come up with the title. Glad she remembered "Hollow. Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas '70s, approximate. Part of the Parents Magazine Press Series. Oversized and orange makes me think of the Childcraft series. Science and Industry meets that description 10" tall x 14" wide , and certainly has many illustrations and photographs. But I didn't see the story you cite.

There's a picture of the full series on the Anthologies page , check that out just in case. Again, sorry I don't have the complete solution, but the story about the stomach is the same as the book "Dr. Beaumont and the Man with a Hole in His Stomach. Anthony Ravielli, Wonders of the Human Body.

Thanks for giving it a shot however your suggestions for the book in A are not the book. The book was oversized, probably " wide by 12" high. I'm still keen to track it down. I think the story about the rods and cones in the eye might be the key clue. I had a book with this title as a boy, and it certainly included the story of the felloe with a flap in his stomach. I got the author's name and publication date from AbeBooks, so another book with this title is also possible.

This is just a suggestion. Willard Price, Amazon adventure , The boys are accompanying their zoologist father down the Amazon, to explore an uncharted river. They face the natural hazards of the jungle, hostile natives, an anonymous telegram, and a hunchback with bloodshot eyes. It's probably this book, since it has almost entered "classic" status, but there are lots with this plot. Morgan Swift and the lake of diamonds by Susan Saunders , published in , about a teacher and twins Jan and Jill that go on a plant research trip to an Amazon tributary - and it turns into a dangerous encounter with thieves and suspicious Indians.

Another one published in , Ambush in the Amazon, by Walter Dean Myers, is about two brothers I don't know whether there are parents involved camping in the Amazon who try to save a tribal village from the attacks of what appears to be a reincarnated swamp monster. The brothers' names were Chris and Ken. They probably have to keep records of the copyrighted material that appears on the test and they would be able to tell you where it came from. Some of their material is really out there--my SAT reprinted some portion of an article on cloud formation.

Rita Dove, Through the Ivory Gate, This is an alphabet book of things in the city. It's the only one I could come up with that the copyright dates fit. A I just checked McGinley. I think this may be too recent but worth a check. Diana Patrick, First Your Penny, The whole world, she believes, is hers to command. She had yet to learn the important lesson of life.. First Your Penny is the story of her discovery of the important things in life -- and the meaning of true love".

I'm not sure that this is the book being sought, but it is an extremely sentimental romantic novel with a lead character named Amaryllis! A strong-willed five-year-old named Amaryllis is neglected by her parents, separated from her brother and shipped off to live with Uncle Paul. The boy, John Guido, is about twelve and plays her the "Amaryllis, fairest flower" tune on his violin. They promise to meet again, and they do, each knowing from that moment that the other is their one and only and determined to keep themselves pure.

At the end, you're supposed to think JG is dead but he isn't because he stopped to rescue a homeless dog. There was a film version made in with Joyce Coad and Philippe deLacy. This book has all the poems you listed. Although I can't be sure this is the book you have, this book does have the four poems you cited. My source is "Index to Children's Poetry, first supplement.

All of those poems listed in the stumper are in that book but here are some more that are not: It's possible you were looking in a later book with the same title that was abridged for example, the edition is only 68 pages long. The one that has them listed is Werner, Jane , ed. This book is 97 pages and is 28 cm. I hope this helps. Golden Book of Poetry. Is this the illustration for The Sugar Plum Tree? Colin Dann, Animals of Farthing Wood, c.

This is probably a long shot, but could it be The Animals of Farthing Wood? In this series they are escaping a housing development, but I'm sure I remember a scene involving rafting down the river. Or else it could be Watership Down by Robert Adams, where something like that also happens. I posted this a few months ago. My book was probably written in the s to s. Anyway, I was in the archives to see if I could solve anything and ran across A which sounds a lot like the book I'm looking for F I don't remember the raft or the map but the rest sounds the same. Curiously, my request is indexed F Is that on purpose?

I have been looking for this book for several years. My sister and I used to check it out from the small library in my hometown in Michigan back in the 's. It must have been published in the 40's or 50's as the copy we used was showing its age. Is it possible that this is a book from Canada or England? As I recall the illustrations seemed to be influenced by Milne. I hope someone can find this one. I would like to by a copy for my sister. Paine wrote several other books about the Hollow Tree animals, Mr. I don't remember a fire but I do remember a flood. The line drawings do have a sort of Milne-ish actually Ernest E.

Every book is a thick one on basically peaceful forest creatures, whom face war or disaster and are forced to fight. There are so many books in this series, but it sounds similar to Jacques's books. Friendship Valley by Wolo. A story packed with illustrations about a variety of animals, large and small, who work together to make a home after the tragedy of a forest fire. Endpapers are a pictorial map of "The Little Lake and Friendship Valley," color pictorial paper over board.

I'm sending the same solution for unsolved stumper F Forest Fire drives animals to new home. This is definitely the book being sought! A badger, woodchuck, family of racoons, squirrel, hedgehog, and frog escape from a forest fire on a raft, and rescue a kitten as they float downriver. The fire does occur late at night, and the front and back inside covers do show a detailed map of the place where they make their new home. Robert Lawson, The Fabulous Flight. Could this be it?

A boy suffers an injury that causes him to shrink to a very tiny size. He makes friends with a seagull and they have some wild adventures together. I think there is a part where the seagull is trapped, but I could be wrong. Could this be Sid Hoff's Albert the Albatross I'll have to hunt for my book to see if it contains the picture you describe. Well, I just scanned through both and didn't find the box reference Please take a look at this one. Kitty Styles, Nicholas Thomas and Timothy series.

These books, in addition to stories, included mazes, games and other activities. Perhaps a more likely possibility would be one of the various "Rainy Day" books that used to be very popular. Big Red Fun Book. Was it a thick book maybe 3" and about 8" tall? Did it include chapters on charades, and handwriting analysis? I had a book alled either "the big red fun book" or "my big red fun book", and the riddle you mention was one of the first ones in it.

Another of my favorites was "what goes up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up? I still have the book somewhere in my collection, so if this sounds right I'll dig it out for more info. Do you remember a chapter on soap carving, another on knot tying, and a page showing a street accident and you're supposed to look at it for a minute and then remember details?

You were indeed meant to take a pencil to the book for the puzzles and designs, and my first edition was a nicely bound black hardcover with gold lettering on the spine. It also came out in paperback. Whittemore, Jerusalem Poker, Part of a series of marvelous interconnected books that featured the Wandering Jew as a character. The books are a magical realist retelling of the history of the Middle East, with Jerusalem as the focal point. The Smyrna section is near the end of the second book, Jerusalem Poker, a book about a never ending poker game between the shadowy true rulers of the Middle East.

Books were recently reissued by Old Earth Books in a uniform trade paperback edition. I have an idea that he has written some YA books about flying, he might be a possibility. Miriam Blanton Huber et al. I am almost positive this is the book - I read it not too long ago and it had the filling-in-holes-in-the-fields bits and everything. But Bob and Andy are friends, not brothers. This is part of the Aviation Readers series of textbooks. Tyndall and Bolsover, Annie The Anteater , Apparently there were at least three books in the "Trumpy Tales" series: Is there a school bus that gets trapped by the creatures?

Rabbit gets Alligator into an argument about who has the most relatives. When a couple thousand alligators show up, Rabbit jumps across their backs, counting them and succeeding in his plan to cross the muddy swamp without dirtying his long fluffy tail, until one impatient alligator bites off his tail. Sorry, definitely not Alvin Maker. That series has reached six books, most recently The Crystal City , and the only one where he was young was the first one? No Death by black carriage, but plenty of threat by water and things related to water.

Roderick MacLeish, Prince Ombra , I remembered also that each page had a letter of the alphabet that was at the top of each page, the letters where wispy and the rhyme was under it. This is such a stumper for me. Is there a site to look at that has s books that were popular? Aexander Key, The Magic Meadow.

My sister just lent this book to me, all the details match. You can see online here. We didn't have a very colorful version but I can remember it had toy soldiers, land of nod, etc Mother Goose , c. This was a book some neighbours had, and I envied it, though it was too young for me. I never could get a copy for my kids,but I saw a copy of it not long ago in a used bookstore in Streetsville, Ontario. Alcott, Louisa May, Jack and Jill. In jack and Jill, the two main characters have a sledding accident and I remember the girl was in bed or convalescing for a year.

I don't have the book here and i don't remember if there was an apple blossom connection. Coolidge, Susan, What Katy Did. Could it be this often-reprinted story? This is the story of the dreadful accident that gave Katy the chance to achieve her aim. A best-loved story for more than years. I looked on the website, but the books aren't correct. Do I just keep checking to see if anyone else has any ideas?

Thanks for all of your help! I remember reading something similar about the same time. Try searching for a girl who has polio.

I remember a horse in the story I read, and a big tree in a yard that bloomed. Sorry I can't be of more help, but maybe a lead. I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but there were some similarities. The girl in the book is not sick, but she basically waits a year to see what will happen to the tree at her new home a farm. The story contains illustrations combined with actual photos. The girl wanders her farm with her doll, Jane. The trees eventually bud and blossom then she finds out they are apple trees.

Are the characters in your book black? I remember a story from my childhood about a little girl in the South, something about a tree in her grandmother's yard. At some point in the book the girl is injured either a broken bone or a head injury and I think the cover of the book was purple. I think the gurl was either visiting or living with her grandmother. I don't know if this is the correct answer but your question made me think of a story I read many years ago about a little girl named TooLoo who wasn't allowed to climb the chinaberry tree because she was too small. She eventually climbed it and got stuck.

When her mother got her down, she was put to bed. David Small, Imogene's Antlers, ? I thought this may be the book you were talking about. Especially the end because she ends up growing tree branches which grow as cherry blossoms? She gets a treat when cold in better and dances under the blossom trees at her grandparents orchard, the blossom is like the falling snow she missed, I have no idea what the book was called but would love to know if you find out!

Not a solution, but book stumper A sounds like the same book as B This sounds like the Book Trails series. Is it possible that your sister is remembering this book in addition to the ones you describe? In response to the comment provided by a reader, I'd like to thank that person for writing.

I've tried to check on the Book Trails book, but I don't think this is the source of our book set. Our covers were not so elaborate, but beyond that, the Books Trails description mentions black-and-white illustrations; our books had richly colored illustrations. I can definitely rule out the Better Homes and Gardens Storybook after having seen copies. I have other memories about our volumes other than those I already mentioned, but they are more vague and therefore more unreliable: I seem to recall a story called The Land of Nod which might be the same as the story about the boy named Pod, already mentioned I think our books had Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates.

I think both of our books had a mix of stories and poems for beginning as well as better readers as opposed to books that contain only poems, another only stories. I don't think either book had projects or "try it" activities. If there were other books beyond the two we had a larger set I was unaware of them. As I've continued to try to find these books, I've come to realize that book sets from a variety of publishers in the s contained many of the same stories, which makes the search even more difficult. I have tried searching through the Mysteries Solved section of this website to find a solution, but haven't had a "that's IT" moment yet.

I appreciate any and all help, so please continue to share your thoughts and suggestions. They were burgundy, leather textured hardbacks and several volumes contained poems and short story classics. That was the source of lots of our childhood literature. Marjorie Barrows , ed. Mine is a edition, two volumes, dark red-brown covers. Inside the cover is a colorful picture of children dancing in a circle in outfits from all over the world.

Joe Bean caught a cloud and thought he'd bring it home and it nearly wrecked his house. His wife was a lot smarter than he was. The Land of Counterpane is one of several Robert Louis Stevenson poems in there, with soft grey-washed pictures. The one about the baby born to the upside-down-reading parents is "Clown Town".

The book is notable for not only having the story about the house that Jack built -- but also the house that JILL built. Childcraft series, s to s. The poem about the "Jolly giant Joe Green" was contained in an encyclopedic style set of books called " Child Craft ". There were something like 20 or more books in the set. There were many stories and poems included, and the targeted age range probably was from 1st grade to 7th grade children.

The books were richly bound in a dark red leather, and as I recall, good quality paper. So there probably are surviving editions squirreled away in many attics waiting to see the light of day. If anybody knows where to find the Childcraft series, and in particular, the specific book with the Joe Bean poem in it, I would appreciate contact information of where to find it.

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Strangeways, Mark, The Secret Base: A very similar stumper was recently solved on another site. Sounds like the same book this poster is looking for is that you ElMagnifico?? Alert - it isn't The Secret Base!! I just got it and there was a mix-up of information! Nope, tis Elwyn who posted this - it seems we were only half right about this book. Has half the elements but not all - we are still seeking the Chinese cook among other things!

One Ah Sin I know of is a character from the poetry of the 19th century writer Bret Harte - I believe it's from the narrative poem about California prospectors with a title something like Tales of Truthful James. William Nicholson, The Wind Singer Since your not sure if your plots are mixed I'm going to suggest this one, although it has nothing about astrology, people are segregated into different classes based on testing. They can only live in their assigned part of the city, wear their assigned color, and are limited on career advancement as well.

This tale also features, Mud People, really scary Old Children who steal away youth by touching you , and some kind of prophecy. You may remember remember cities on wheels that sail across the desert, and an evil foe called "the Mora". I hope that's enough information, and I hope you find the right book. It's not quite the same as the description, but could it be The Children of Green Knowe?

The main character is a boy, Toseland, not a girl, but it has many of the same elements: However there are non-creepy ghosts. As a result, Mary becomes the ward of an uncle in England she has never met. As she hesitantly tries to carve a new life for herself at imposing and secluded Misselthwaite Manor, Mary befriends a high-spirited boy named Dickon and investigates a secret garden on the Manor grounds. She also discovers a sickly young cousin, Colin, who has been shut away in a hidden Manor room.

Together Mary and Dickon help Colin blossom, and in the process Mary finds her identity and melts the heart of her emotionally distant uncle. This reminds me of a book I read about the same time. I think it was titled The Octagon House. The girl goes into a strange octagonal shaped house to get out of the rain as she walks home from school. She finds a key that opens a doll house that is the exact replica of the house she is in. There is something magic that occurs and she finds treasures. I think there is an old woman involved and the key was inside a box with a velvet ribbon? Another person brought a stumper within the stumper about an octagon house.

A girl named Lorrie? She finds refuge in a strange eight-sided house that has a replica dollhouse inside and I do seem to recall a rocking horse perhaps there's a connection between her riding the horse and magic happening. It isn't a sinister book, and I think at the end the old ladies who lived in the house end up as dolls in the dollhouse? Anyway, maybe this description will help. Most of the things that you described are in this book I have to disagree; this sounds nothing like The Magician's Nephew.

In that book, two children a boy and a girl travel to worlds through a wood full of pools using green and yellow rings invented by the magician of the title.

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It is a prequel to the rest of the Narnia books, explaining the origins of things such as the White Witch and Lantern Waste, and there are most definitely parts of it that could be considered creepy. Tibby, the main character, is the daughter of the housekeeper at a grand house. Tibby has a friend who comes over, a slightly older boy who works in the stables. She explores all over the house and gets in trouble for sneaking around.

She finds the will that leaves the house to the rightful owners maybe Tibby's mom or the stable owner? I don't know if it will help you find your book, but I can tell you what galoshes are. They are a lot like rubber boots but they are oversized so that your regular shoes can fit inside them.

They have no lining inside because if you are wearing shoes inside you don't need one. Perhaps too recent, but it is a horror novel based on the Yeti or Abominable Snowman legend. No plot description available. Some said a demon resided on the rocky slopes, an unholy thing that periodically emerged from the mist to claim a life. Mark Newman had hiked the trails to the mountain's peak many times.

He'd heard the tales, but he didn't believe them - until the day his friend disappeared in a sudden, blinding snowstorm while they were on the mountain. Mark witnessed something he knew couldn't be real - something that would kill again and again. I think this may be the one you're looking for it does have color illustrations. No it's not wonderful fashion doll. I just found one on e-bay with pics and they are not the same. The doll in my book was more of a baby doll. The end pages were one full page for each outfit in bright colors not pencil and watercolors. The blue I mentioned outfit was a deep velvet blue.

I just talked to my sister who is also looking for this book. We brainstormed and here are more clues. I was wrong it was not a baby doll but a young girl doll. The was a riding habit among the pictures. They had bustles and hats and shoes. The girl looking for the doll was visiting a relative when looking for the doll. I remember reading a book like this as a child.

The girl, Sally, goes to visit her Great-Aunt Sarah. She doesn't get along with the aunt and somehow she winds up going back in time about 50 years and becomes another girl also named Sally. The "olden times" Sally has a doll with golden hair which is lost. In the end it turns out that the cat had taken it and hidden it in the attic.

In the modern time Sally finds the doll because her great-aunt's cat had golden hair in its claw. It turns out that she was the young Sally from the past. I don't remember the title or author but this might give you more to go on. The last suggestion is the book "Magic Elizabeth"- great story- but I don't think it really matches the request. Mystery involving clues and a doll could be "Missing Melinda"- but no fashion doll stuff at all that I know of. Maybe this is two books being mixed in memory?

Twins Cordelia and Ophelia find a valuable antique doll in an attic it's stolen, and they have some scary adventures getting it back. The final clue comes, perhaps not unexpectedly, through Shakespeare. This Sounds like the Book. Catherine Woolley, Ginnie and the Mystery Doll. I don't remember much about this book's plot, but I loved reading this book so much when I was a little girl that I've always remembered the title. Ginnie and a friend find an antique doll that belonged to her great-aunt. Bosworth's White Water, Still Water began with a similar raft incident, and the boy spends the rest of the book trying to walk home through the wilderness.

I don't remember the dog, but it's been about 40 years since I read it! I don't know if that has ABC's in it though See if any look familiar on the Anthology Finder. Nelson Young World, Yes, though the key words I gave you were, I think, "alphabet alliteration sheep sharp shape," my adult daughter whose book it was—which I LOST! It might have been Hungarian, for that matter—but no, the humor did have a rather British flavor Visit this website for more info. This is definitely the book. How long do I get to keep this maddening thing out there?

Christine Bernard, A Shiver of Spooks. A collection of ghost stories published by Armada in the s, so possible. Armada, , pp. It's also depicted as the cover art of that anthology. I can't find any indication that the story has been reprinted or appeared anywhere else. Nesbit's Accidental Magic is a short story is about a boy who falls asleep at Stonehenge and ends up in Atlantis. It doesn't have bracken or fern in it, though. A This is a total shot in the dark because I've never read it, but perhaps the title will ring a bell.

There's a book about Atlantis that was published in both London and New York in According to the summaries, there is a prohecy that a boy will destroy Atlantis, and his sister can do nothing to prevent the tragedy. And in case the detail helps, it is the Archer family and they tend saffron. Two races of Atlanteans on islands of another sea beneath the Sargasso Sea.

This could be a possibility. Looks like it's a fairly rare book. Thanks to all of you for these suggestions so far. None of them is the right book yet, but I really appreciate your trying. Any other suggestions would be very welcome. Farmer, Penelope, William and Mary. This was already one of the solved mysteries, but I believe it might be british and there is a boy main character. Jan Siegal, Prospero's Children. This is more for teens and was probably too late, but it does have a main character named Fern who goes back to Atlantis to search for a way to stop the Atlantean queen.

She meets up with a boy who helps her and they fall in love. Elinor Lyon, Hilary's Island , around This sounds like Hilary's Island by Elinor Lyon. Hilary was actually a girl named Amaryllis who pretended to be a boy named Hilary. She named "her" island Atlantis her favorite of several near-by islands and she ran away to hide on it. Long shot, but this features a girl whose family originally came from Atlantis I remember a crystal ball that shows things and that the family have strange abilities Nesbit, The Story of the Amulet , , approximate.

This is a sequel to "Five Children and It. It is a British book, and there very well might be bracken - I can't remember. Three in a trailer. Holiday in a trailer. Tony for keeps; a story of a house on wheels. The Feather family car pulls a trailer around the western half of the US as father swaps labor and objects for needed cash. Orphan Tina accidentally joins them, is disguised as a boy so there will be no accusations of kidnapping before they can get her back and adopt her.

Florence Musgrave, Trailer Tribe. This might be the book. The cover shows a family and their airstream trailer. This book sounds a lot like Dr. Seuss's book of ABC's. Although it is common to have a Yak represent Y such a difficult letter! Rey, Curious George Learns the Alphabet. In this book the Man with the Yellow Hat drew alphabet animals so George could learn the alphabet.

The little-h horse rings a bell for me. Rey, Curious George Learns the Alphabet , I have to second the motion for Curious George Learns the Alphabet. I have the book here on my lap, and the illustrations are exactly as the stumper requester remembers.

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If you haven't seen any yaks yet you may find one at the zoo. The only word on each page was the spelled-out name of the animal, as I recall. I remember just the large drawings of animals, one on each page. This may have been a book from the fifties or very early sixties. Dorothy Schmiderer , Alphabeast Book: An Abecedarium , Sounds like Schmiderer's Alphabeast Book -- letters morph in a sequence of four drawings into animals. My copy shows h becomes a horse, and y, a yak.

The only colors used in the book are red, white, and blue, if that helps. James Vance Marshall, Walkabout , Sure, it's not Africa, but the Austrailian outback could be remembered as sub-saharan Africa. Two white teens lost in the outback survive by relying on a young black aborigne who is on a manhood quest, I believe. Very popular at the time. This is the exact title of a book I started and never finished; it has quite a lot of description in it but is not a children's book. Makes reference to eating insects and hatchling birds.

Sorry I don't know the author; I'm going to guess I read it 10 years ago. Maybe this is the book you are looking for. Lawhead, Dream Thief , It's about a sleep scientist who goes to live on a space colony. He also ends up on Mars and in India before the story is over. It definitely fits the bill of a love story and a christian story. This was by far my least favorite books by Lawhead the author of some of my favorite books of all time, like Patrick, Son of Ireland , but it was ok.

Thanks for the idea, however, I know this is not it. It was definitely not a Science Fiction. More of a romance. Orson Scott Card author , Ender's Game. I know that Ender's Game isn't the right book, but man, it sure is eerily similar. Samuel Delany, The Fall of the Towers , , reprint. I don't remember the helmet, but the part about the government starting a war for the reason you mention Through the Gate of My Bookhouse , c.

Might even be called My Bookhouse Through the Gate but, pretty sure this is the book you want. Olive Beaupre Miller, My Bookhouse , - I had this age-appropriate set of books in the s. My set started with a light green cover for the Nursery Rhymes and advanced through shades of green and then blue for older readers. I remember Tipity Witchit! I think he dipped his tail in whitewash. Later it must have rained because his tail was revealed to be solid black again. His story was probably in Volume 2 or 3. I remember the Bookhouse books, my mother had a set of them.

I do recall the Teeny-tiny women, I think she stole a scarecrow lady's clothes. With Tippety-Witchet, I remember that Tippety's white tip was to protect him from being stolen away by the witches. One old witch in particular kept trying to pour a shadow on his tail so she could catch him, after she turned his mother into a porceline sculpture! It was a good spooky story full of ghosts and devils and dancing. I was born in , and I have fond memories of an illustrated book about one of these "aliens.

He was usually very strong and quite mischievous, but the water had to be replenished periodically or he would become weak and ill. In the tale I remember best, the kappa befriended a little human boy and decided to live with him. He wanted to keep his identity a secret, so he engaged the boy in a playful water-throwing battle and managed to replenish his supply without admitting he wasn't human.

I remember more than one story about this kappa, but I cant remember the name of the book or the author, and I dont know if these were multiple tales in a single book, or a series of picture books by the same author. I can't even tell you if the author is of Japanese descent many libraries have culled "inauthentic" folktales from their collections. I've found three possible children's books from the correct time period for you. The first is 'Kappa' and other stories by Shigeru Tomiyama , 54 pages. The third is Clinton and the Kappa by Edgar C. Grove-Merritt author and Yasuo Kazama illustrator , 38 pages.

I haven't seen any of these and don't know whether the illustrations match your description. When searching for stories, please note that some adult tales feature frightening or monstrous kappa, quite unlike the odd and endearing creature I remember. Good luck in your search! I don't know the specific book in question, but the description of the beings sounds like it must be about the Kappa of Japanese folklore.

Here's an online description: Deep in the rivers of Japan, as all Japanese children know, there live mischievous little Water Elves called kappas pronounced koppas. They have shells on their backs, webbed hands and feet, and shallow bowls of water in the tops of their heads. As long as the bowls are full, the kappas are gay and strong. But should the water spill out, they become very weak and may even die. This is the story of a young Kappa Prince named Kap. One day he wandered too far downstream from his royal palace and was lifted out of the water on the end of a fishing pole.

The next thing he knew he had been adopted by a Japanese family, who hid the fact that he was really a kappa from all the villagers. But no one could hide Kap's mischievous nature, and soon he was playing tricks on everyone. Kap's pranks will delight American children, who will share his adventure when he tries to find his way back to his river kingdom.

It is Kap and The Wicked Monkey another possible solution for you! See more on the Solved Mysteries page. Mary Chase, Loretta Mason Potts. The children do go through the back of a closet and end up by a bridge. When they cross the bridge they become ant-size although they don't realize this at first. They go into a castle and meet a lady who turns out in the end to be bad. She has kept Colin's sister Loretta living away from her family for many years. Loretta is finally happy to live with her family after they band together to separate her from the lady by destroying the castle doll-sized if you don't cross the bridge.

Chase, Mary, Loretta Mason Potts. They didn't become as small as ants, more the size of dolls in a dollhouse, but the closet was the portal to the farm that led to the small size place. I love The City Under the Backsteps, but the children don't have a magic closet--they shrink because they're bitten by an ant. Does the original requester remember actual ants being part of the story?

The Indian in the Cupboard. I think this may be the book in question. Are the children named after varities of apples too? If so, try Jean McDevitt's Mr. See more on Solved Mysteries. I don't believe it's Mr. The story is more about the house, and I'm not sure if there are any children. Could this be The Little House - the line drawings sound familiar, the main colours are red and green, the house gets battered and bruised but is eventually renovated and at the end a new family find it is just the house for them Hi, I'm the requestor for the above stumper.

It is not The Little House by Burton. Somewhat similar, but the house is never in the city. There is definitely an emphasis on apples with regard to the house. A pple Tree House Did the stumper ever check out Mr. Apple's Family by Jean McDevitt? Best in Children's Books printed an excerpt from Mr. Could this be Sneaker Hill , by Jane Little? There's an Aunt Miranda, who's studying for a certificate in witchcraft. There are some suspicious other witches, who don't know her niece and son! Aunt Miranda can't cook, so I remember some parts about her inedible meals, and the witches meet in the woods.

Something to check, anyway Sneaker Hill was written for year olds, so it is not a Young Adult book, and the plot elements don't match the stumper requester's memories. Susan Derry spends her spring holiday with her cousin Mathew and Aunt Miranda. There is no witch named Lanie, no magic stone, and Susan discovers that Aunt Miranda is studying witchcraft at the end of chapter 2, when Mathew tells her.

Aunt Miranda cooks delicious meals, but because she's an inexperienced witch, they don't turn out exactly as she had planned she conjures fortune cakes instead of cookies. The witches meet in a cavern inside Sneaker Hill, not in the woods. Could it be ' Sarah's Unicorn '? Not sure if thats what you were after. It was a storybook from the 50's or 60's. It also had astory about a lady who put her cakes in a hatbox. I've checked all the doubleday books and did not find any of these stories This anthology contains the Van Witsen story about a little boy who will only eat cheese for breakfast, peas for lunch, and chocolate pudding for dinner, nothing else, until while playing like a doggy and rolling around on the floor under the table, someone drops a bit of a new food into his mouth.

He chews, he swallows, and he likes it! Part of the Sheldon Basic Reading Series for fourth grade level. Includes a glossary and word list. Sorry, can't attest to the other stories. Found this collection by Doubleday on the "Find in a Library" website. Goose's Hatbox Cake, which I've been searching for for years and it also has the cheese, peas, and chocolate pudding story. A search online also turned up several copies for sale! A few more details: The book is from the early 50's.

I remember a picture of the letter sent to the animal kid from his parents on their trip, propped up on the mantel over the fireplace, unread. The kid s wander through the forest asking each animal "Can you read my letter? I can't imagine why this book is haunting me I wrote originally that the book was yellow. It was actually light purple. I am sorry for the confusion. I'm afraid I don't know the title of the anthology, but perhaps this bit of information might help. We also had this book for my son when he was little.

The lion story apparantly was also sold separately and has previously been solved here as Tony and His Friends Golden Book. Dutton, , 1st; red cloth boards with a little drawing of tea-time, jacket with people looking at life sized picture books featuring naughty children; 8vo; pp. Stories of "mischief, only worse", over short, funny selections from a wide variety of authors: Viking,, 1st sd; yellow cloth boards with family sightseeing, 8vo, two colour jacket has family on street in front of French hotel; pp; sequel to Family Grandstand. They meet a real princess, loose a precious doll, and find their dear Mademoiselle again.

Based a sabbatical taken by Brink's own family. Seasons of the Briar Oxford University Press, , 1st; pp. An early book by a beloved Australian author, known for her good humoured and exciting realistic fiction. In this book, a group of boys in a weed spraying unit in isolated South-West Tasmania cope with disaster.

A Spell is Cast Little Brown, , stated 1st; teal cloth boards with unicorn, 8vo, teal jacket with Cory looking at Unicorn; pp. Cory's tiny silver unicorn helps her unlock the mystery of her family and their house overlooking the Pacific. A nice copy of one of Cameron's California fantasies. Commonwealth of California Award. Julia and the Hand of God. Here Julia, at twelve, has lunch with her uncle in San Francisco, and he gives her a blank journal, "The Book of Strangeness.

Sally, now about twelve and living on the peaceful family farm in Maine, sails with her Aunt Deborah and her ship captain uncle to France. On her one trip ashore, she manages to rescue Pierre, a young orphaned refugee from the Revolution. Houghton, Mifflin Co, , 1st. Sophie leaves her Russian homeland and journeys to Denmark with enthusiasm for her new life, but she refuses to become a pawn of the court. A novel based on the 12th century Scandinavian ballad of Valdemar and Tove. Marathon Looks at the Sea. Houghton, Mifflin, Co, , 1st; pp. A fictional account of the battle of Marathon.

Follett, , 1st; pp. Flight of the Sparrow. Poignant story of the survival of a Paris street child in the French countryside. A Book for Jennifer. Scribner's, , 1st A. Cloth binding with rust, aqua, and black floral design after the paper in which the Newbery books were bound. Illustrated with woodcuts from old children's books as well as the author's own. The Falcon Under the Hat. Black Fox of Lorne.

Doubleday, , stated 1st; pp. Jan and Brus journey across 10th century Scotland with Gavin, the Black Fox of Lorne, in search of their mother and their father's murderer. Viking, , 1st sd; Green blue cloth boards, perhaps reinforced, with rose titles and dancing bears stamped; rose jacket with sage panel with dancing bears like trade copy on front and same panel with bear soldier outside guardhouse; 5.

Once upon a time the koala bears became angry with each other, no bear remembers why. The wise old koala bear hopes a costume party will change things, but, after a splendid time, anger grows again. Bright, detailed pictures complete the story. When the World's on Fire.

Coward McCann, , 1st; small 8vo; pp. Annie, a young slave girl, finds the courage to spy on the British in Charleston and to set off an explosion that will destroy the British arsenal. Well researched and written with purpose, with many thoughtful illustrations. Briefly inscribed by the author. Dutton, , 1st; pp. Aboriginal tales told to Ngangan by Woma the friendly carpet snake.

Atheneum, , 1st Am; pp. Lan has dropped out of the local university, unlike his brilliant, well rounded brother at Cambridge. As he mopes around their cottage, set in beautiful West Somerset, fragments of his brother's increasingly dangerous life invade his mind. By preserving an ancient tradition, four children attempt to save Town Field, the common land of their village, from developers. The Phantom of Walkaway Hill. Doubleday, , early printing, book not listed. Setting based on an old house in Dutchess County, New York. Edgar Allan Poe Award. About a friendship march to the Tibetan border taken on by teenagers of different faiths, under the leadership of Babu, at a time when Chinese invasion threatened.

Watts, , 1st; pp. Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves. Sweden's answer to Sherlock Holmes, or Poirot? Now, as he used it, his little body became tensed to the uttermost, his right forefinger slowly stroking his mustache. The Day the Guinea-Pig Talked. Garden City, New York: Gallico's first book for children, followed by several others about Jean-Pierre and his close bond. A Few Fair Days. The first book of a fine writer, stories of things that happened at the big old house by the shore.

Julia MacRae, , 1st; 42 pp. One of Britain's most talented writers has here created a vivid little book for beginning readers, in the Redwing series. Kit, a scaredy-cat about little things proves she can be brave when the bull has her mother cornered in the shed. Pa's Balloon and other Pig Tales. Houghton Mifflin , 1st; 96 pp. A little book that has watercolour and copper plate etched line panoramas of the pig family as they ride in the balloon, race the balloon, and eventually fly it over the Arctic. Told in a very straight faced manner by a little boy pig. Macmillan, , 1st this collection, ; coloured plates, pp.

Coloured plates and numerous black and white drawings by Baynes. Home is the Sailor. Viking, , 1st; pp. Sian's dollhouse had so many lady dolls, but no men dolls, until Curly the sailor arrived on the scene. Crowell, , 1st; pp. In this story of modern Africa, a father and a son, Momolu, set off down the river from their remote Liberian village to the coast.

Momolu watches and thinks about the changes he saw in the modern city and comes closer to his father. Drawn from memories of a childhood near the banks of the Garonne and inspired by tales of the Resistance. An uneven but fascinating book about cracking a ring of kidnappers who capture children to work a North Atlantic island of jexium deposits.

Grishka and the Bear. Criterion, , 1st Am, nap; brown cloth, 8vo, in jacket with drawing of boy and bear; pp. After a happy year, Grishka must chose between saving his pet bear cub and following the law of his people, which calls for the bear's sacrifice. Set in the forests of northern Siberia among the Tushken tribe, who still in ! Le Prix Enfance du Monde. The th White Elephant. Phillips, , 1st Am, nap; 94 pp. An Indian fable of a Child King who set out to find a white elephant and ran across the extraordinary Hong-Mo.

Pink and black or ink drawings on almost every page with pink endpapers decorated with white elephants. West With the White Chiefs. Atheneum, , 1st US; pp. Harris's fourth book, was an offshoot of her funded research into the Haida Indians, during which she discovered the journal of Viscount Milton and Dr.

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Cheadle who crossed the Rockies in Crown, , 1st, translated by Patricia Crampton; pp. An interesting, complex book about the Dutch Resistance told through the eyes of a Dutch Nazi child, who wavers between anger at how he is treated and intimations of horror at his family's tasks. Houghton Mifflin, , 1st; pp. An epic novel of sixteenth century Japan, written by the servant boy, Taro. Cinnabar, the One O'Clock Fox. Rand McNally, , "A", 1st; pp. Drawn from an historical incident; the One O'Clock fox lives within the territory of George Washington's hunt and loves to engage in the chase.

Henry imagines a family for Cinnabar, children and a wife as merry as their father. Alvin Fernald, Master of a Thousand Disguises. Holt Rinehart, , 1st; pp. Alvin and his friends are having fun dressing up while their mother inventories the costumes at the summer theater. Soon they are deep in a mystery, and it's up to Alvin to figure out a strategy for solving it.

The Escape of the Giant Hogstalk. The hogstalk plant grows and grows until it begins to escape from the Royal Botanical Gardens; can it be stopped? A funny version of this theme, see also Cresswell's Bongleweed. The Celery Stalks at Midnight. Atheneum, , 1st; pp. The third book about Chester the cat, Harold the dog, Bunnicula the vampire bunny, and Howie the dachshund puppy. Invitation to the Game. HarperCollins, , 1st; pp. In the world of the future, only a few High School Graduates get jobs. The rest are kept alive by the state, surviving in a bleak neighborhood. Lisse and her friends escape by playing the Game.

Atheneum, , 1st Am. Moira and her peddler father set down on Isis and she tries to keep his trickery in check. Harlan Quist, , 1st. A strange doll story by the author of High Wind in Jamaica. A Pistol in Greenyards. Evans, , 1st; pp. In when the tenants of the Highland crofts of Greenlands were being brutally evicted because the land could be sold at enormous profit for sheep grazing. Connal Ross stands up to the Sheriff at pain of death and escapes. The Hawks of Chelney. Review copy, Eric Kimmel's embossed stamp. The superstitious people of an isolated village ostracize a young boy because of his love for the ospreys on his island.

A Tale of Time City. Greenwillow, , 1st; pp. Time City is built on a patch of time and space outside history, and its powers are failing. Only the Time Lady can wake the founder and save it. Mistaken for the Time Lady and thus kidnapped, Vivian Smith, London,, hurtles back and forth in time. Delta Baby and Two Sea Songs. Addison Wesley, , 1st; 6. Three short sea poems illustrated on every spread with black and white drawings or lithos that run across the facing page: Macmillan, , 1st; 5.

The longer the fox lived, the more gifted he became, and if he could only live for a thousand years, he would have nine golden tails. An attractive little book with black and white prints, based on a Japanese tale. Deutsch, , 1st, pictorial boards. A time shift novel in which Aiden becomes Arthur, the son of a rich family in England in ; his new brother is going to the trenches. Wonderful view of the home front in WWI. Harcourt, Brace, and Company, , 1st, "1"; red cloth boards with Peachblossom and her doll, peach endpapers with sketches of characters, wide 8vo, in peach jacket with line drawing of P.

A brief story about an obedient small girl during the War in China: Whitman, , 1st; 8. Lithographs of a Mexican Zapotec village child, with the feeling of bright ink and wash. Lippincott, Regional Stories , stated first, 1st, in green cloth boards w yellow corn plant stamped; endpapers with picture map of the farm, jacket with Dick and the tractor; wide 8vo, pp.

In this book, Lenski continues her social history by and for American children. The Iowa corn-farming family she invents is imaginary, but all the incidents and much of the conversation is real. Lippincott, , stated first, 1st; dark lavender cloth boards with black titles and picture, endpapers with bird's eye picture of farm, green blue jacket with picture of Suzanna and the bird; wide 8vo; pp.

One of the regional books, about an Amish child in Pennsylvania. Viking, 1st American printing, []; cloth backed red paper boards with dragons blindstamped, dark green endpapers with dragon design, 6. The two Lion brothers, Karl, small and sickly, and Jonathan, strong and brave, conquer death to adventure together in Nangiyala, the land of the sagas, and finally enter Nangilima, the land of peace. Told simply in the voice of the youngest brother. Viking Kestrel, , 1st; 82 pp. New in her community, Lucy finds a little stray dog and names him Trouble.

She and a new friend, Nan, try to find Trouble's owner; at first it seems as if no one else wants him. Betsy, Tacy, and Tib. The second book of stories about three lively little girls growing up in Minnesota at the turn of the century. Marta, the beloved doll, accompanies a little girl on her trip to America. Tales and Legends of the Irish Saints.

Dutton, , 1st US; 7x9. Methuen, , 1st; pp. Andrew, a city child, is sent to visit the rough but kind family of his Somerset uncle, which is torn apart by the Uncle's love of badger baiting. A straightforward book with likable characters by a writer of adult thrillers. Follett, , 2nd; full colour illustrated picture cover; pp. A Scottish scientist brings a glittering metallic robot to life. Viking Kestral, , 1st; pp.

Kay Warrick, a girl living in a modern city, is drawn back to Ireland and into a complex period in Irish mythic times. It is summertime in Teddie, 15, does not want to learn how to run a perfect household; she wants to learn about life. A good read and excellent history, with the characters seen from their own varied points of view.

The creation of America's first spinning mill, from the memory of Slater, a young English spinner. Promotional photo of book's jacket laid in. Nadita was called Little Nothing because her origins were unknown. She lived happily with the old potter under a tree on the Padron's estate until evil people from a travelling circus stole her away. Many adventures followed until at last Nadita found her name. Doubleday, , 1st; pp. A tale of the Mexican Revolution.

Tita searches for her father, who has been captured by Revolutionaries. Kavik the Wolf Dog. Kavik, a sled dog champion, is being shipped to the States from Alaska when the plane crashes. After three days alone, Andy Evans pulls the dog from his cage and they form a deep friendship.

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A Harvest of Russian Children's Literature. University of California Press, , 1st; 4to; pp. This first anthology in English of Russian literature for children provides a wealth of stories, verse, folktales, fables, and prose poems, from to the present. The Bodies in the Bessledorf Hotel. Someone is trying to ruin the reputation of the hotel managed by Bernie's dad. Why do the dead bodies always sneak away?

An intriguing puzzle with strong characters and lots of amusing details. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, , stated 1st; reinforced library edition black and earth tone pictorial boards with man in kilt and harp, large 8vo, in jacket of same design; pp. Dodd Mead, , 1st; pp. The two little witches of "The Witch Who Saved Halloween" and "The Resident Witch" stow aboard a space shuttle in search of a new, pollution-free home.

The Town Across the Water. Children in 16th C. Ireland survive conflict, intrigue, and invasion. The 16 yr old author handles the story "with perfect ease and judgement. Her piper is a sulky, startled little fellow, nasty yet touching. She keeps him very firmly non-human. Her children, by contrast, are perfectly, clumsily human. Messenger of Fair Island. A lilting story of Provence about a kind boy who lives on a beautiful Mediterranean island. How the hero wins the bike contest, writes a poetic speech for the Lady, finds the Roman treasure, and remains true to his word.

An ancient Irish fairy comes to Maine and works his enchantment on the schoolhouse. A nice gift edition for a child. Macmillan, , stated 1st. Orange paper boards, 6. The amusing story of Mr. Peck, his wife, and the idiosyncrasies of his various pets, which run to dachshunds and horses. The Pecks' menagerie follows them from a city apartment to a small farm. Based on the experiences of a friend of the author.

Miss Bianca in the Antarctic. Miss Bianca and Bernard brave the cold to do good once again at the urging of Nils the valiant Norwegian sailor mouse from the Rescuers. The sixth in the adventures of this intrepid mouse. Ears and Tails and Common Sense. More Stories from the Caribbea During each evening of their eight-day party, the animals listen to stories.

With an introduction for children about animal tales of the Caribbean and a picture map. Knopf, , 1st Am; 84 pp. A beautifully written, closely observed nature story translated from the Russian, about two brothers who build a raft and explore a swampy lake island on makeshift slat skis.

When the raft floats away, they spend a terrifying night alone. Stirabout Stories West of Widdershins. Bobbs-Merrill, , 1st Am; pp. Stories of magic, old and new, involving everyday things looked at afresh and stirred "widdershins. The Kingdom of Carbonel. Once again the royal cat Carbonel requires the help of John and Rosemary.

Through a magic potion they are able to understand the speech of the animals and the affairs of State. They undertake the care of the royal kittens in Carbonel's absence. Godine, , 1st; pp. Quentin Corn, a pig nearing slaughter, runs away and disguises himself as a man. The ruse works surprisingly well. Gambit Incorporated, , 1st US, stated first, but not true Faber first ; red cloth backed green boards, grey top edge, in all around illustrated jacket with Rufus sitting by himself on the grounds of Toft House; 8vo; pp.

A dreamy fantasy about a little boy who feels apart from others. He moves from the Home to foster care, and falls under the influence of a bully. Then he finds a magic knife that will take him back in history. The real little knife is in the British Museum. Theater Shoes or Other People's Shoes. Random House, , 1st, stated first; red cloth with silver titles and vignette, wartime paper, 8vo; pp.

Untrained, but from a theatrical family, they feel under pressure to do well. Random House, , 11th printing; blue boards with black titles, yellow top edge; in jacket with yellow proscenium stage and a red curtain, before which stands Sorrel; 8vo; pp. Sorrel, Mark and Holly move from their old house in the country to London with misgivings, but the theatrical school they attend turns out to be the place from which they each discover their careers.

Apple Bough New York: Random House, , 1st, nap; green cloth boards, pink top edge, green endpapers. Myra, the child of a wandering theatrical family, decided to put "Operation Home" into effect so she and her brothers and sisters could begin to work on their own careers. The last of the "Shoes" books in American titles. The Normans battle the last Viking stronghold in Lancaster. Let the Circle Be Unbroken. The struggles of a black family in the rural south. Taylor's books tracing the saga of the Logan family are certainly among the classics of late 20th c.

Coretta Scott King Award. Follett, , 1st, stated first printing; blue paper boards, jacket with bright wraparound full colour city scene with all the family on the streets of New York; large 7. Now Charlie is the baby and Gertie is old enough to make a new friend, Miss Carey, the librarian. The fourth in this warm family series. Macmillan, , 1st; pp.

The childhood and youth of the bard Taliesin. Well written, evocative of the point of view of someone in early Britain. Journey From the Heron. World War I is raging in England. Betsy leaves her work at the Heron, an old Sussex house now converted to a hospital, for a week of adventure and discovery in London. A prequel to the two Heron books.

It bubbles with life. Steam on the Line. World, , stated 1st; pp. Witnesses the coming of the first steam engine. Turner is an ordained priest of the Church of England, and Christian spirituality and social concern are woven very naturally through these books. Turner's series revolves around a landscape threaded though by a railway line, from Darnley Mills inland to the moors, and the experiences of several families over time.

This book is set during the Industrial Revolution, in the time of David's grandfather. A group of Uttley's tales, chosen from the range of her work by Lucy Meredith and published on the centenary of Uttley's birth. The Brown Mouse Book: Magical Tales of Two Little Mice. Heinemann, , 1st thus; 92 pp. Five stories originally published separately: Hugh Pine and Something Else. Houghton, Mifflin, Co, , 1st; 73 pp.

Hugh Pine accompanies his friend Mr. Even here he makes friends and helps other animals with their problems. The Pleasant Fieldmouse Storybook. Prentice-Hall, , 1st; np. Down the Bright Stream. Andre Deutsch, , 1st; pp. Grandmother Sarah told these tales to her granddaughter Sally. Simple, comical stories true to their period about Sarah's new friend Julia, a Difficult Child, her escapades, and how she came to live with Sarah's large family. Great Canadian Animal Stories.

Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, , 1st; pp. Canada has produced many fine writers of animal stories. Uncle Bill and his nephews and nieces discover noens, green light energies from distant planets. One becomes a purring companion. When they are spirited to the dangers of Untor, then to Time Place, their noen saves them.

Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse. The charming tale of a sincere little wooden horse, who goes out in the world to seek his fortune so that his master can thrive. In Wourio's third mystery, two children and their cousin catch crooks after a rambling chase across Spain. The Island of Fish in the Trees.

World Publishing Company, , 1st, stated first; pink cloth boards with Belinda and Lucy, 6. The adventure of Belinda and her doll on a sunny island, which is really Formentera in the Balearics, pictured in sparkling watercolours by Ardizzone. Wuorio's first published book in the United States. At last, after four years of work, Susie is able to dance sur les pointes!

Squirrelin sets out with four brave knights from Woodland on a quest for the Golden Acorn which will keep the animals of the Wood from starvation. A silly spoof on the Arthurian legends with pictures to match. Bright diamond shaped cover design. The Book of Beasts. Piping Rock Press, , of a limited edition of copies; brown cloth backed paper boards decorated with a yellow floral pattern with brown stamped titles and Noah's ark; heavy yellow-gold vellum throughout, brown beasts and text with orange-red letter, Noah records the animals as they descend from the ark.

An animal for each letter, described in rhyme. Stylish animal silhouettes with friendly faces, printed directly from linoleum blocks cut by the artist. Hand bound, from a small California fine press. A little wet puppy with big paws showed up in the rain, and he grew and grew. Picklepaw could stand his mischief and clumsiness no longer! By the author illustrator of Mr. A little boy dreams of an old toymaker who will come "across snow nobody has stepped on, when it's windy, if snow falls.

It was two sentences long which counts, by the way. Frances Foster, a wonderful editor with Pantheon at the time, saw something in that book and signed me up. Dial, , 1st; 8. Thirty-two lively full-colour paintings in intricate pen and watercolour; review slip laid in. A step by step description of how a potential race horse is raised and trained, illustrated with Anderson's beautiful lithographs.

Il Etait un Petit Homme, Chansons. Maison Mame; ; music by Joseph Canteloube; red cloth backed paper boards with the little man striding happily along, his three dogs running along on bottom board, children and animals dancing to a musical score on endpapers, oblong The arranger, who is also a composer and the author of a book on songs of the French provinces, has picked a few lesser know titles and added the province from which the song comes. VG; tiny hole in spine cloth, extrems sl bumped and worn, ffep and half title lightly foxed , otherwise very clean and flat.

Whistling-Two-Teeth and the Forty-nine Buffalos. The chief's little grandson had a dream that led the tribe to enough buffalo for all their needs. Beautiful lithos inspired by Native American paintings. G -; name, edges and extrems bumped and worn, soil and flecks to white boards, clean pages with reading wrinkles and dog ears; opens freely. Ant and Bee and the Doctor. Franklin Watts, , 1st US; golden cloth pictorial boards with drawings of Ant and Bee popping out of a Doctor's medicine bag, oblong 4. All a preschooler's fears of the doctor are handled with aplomb by Ant and Bee. On the Farm with Bob and Nancy.

Saalfield Publishing Company, ; brown cloth backed boards with pumpkin paper boards with large full coloured portrait of mare sticking her head out of her box stall and licking her colt, eight full colour illustrations by Thorne and pen and ink drawings in text by Lawson; 9. Lovely illustrations of farm animals.

Alfred Knopf, a compilation, this copy printed in , red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and stamped figure and title on front board, red top edge, tan jacket with contents listed on front and a copy of The Tiger on the back; 6. Simon and Schuster, , 1st; Fascinating little illustrations on all margins and a clear text. Not a Teeny Weeny Wink. Cloth back full coloured pictorial paper boards, 7. Billy and Johnny shared a hot upstairs bedroom on their little stump farm in the Northwest. It was so hot they couldn't sleep, and their Dad said it was OK for them to make a tent near the woods.

But everyone was in for a big surprise! A little boxed book with pictures of the traditional Amish. Noah and the Ark. Holt, , 1st Am; 9x11, np. Text from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, with finely drawn illustrations. Walker, , 1st; 8x What happened to the animals left behind?

Detailed primitive paintings of the animals. Crown, , 1st Am. A funny modern fantasy about a man who could be anyone's neighbor, but The Adventures of a Vintage Car. The author imagines wildly funny adventures that could have happened to Gumdrop before the Biros found him! Interior and engine diagrams on eps. Histoire de Babar, Le Petit Elephant. Editions du Jardin des Modes, Groupe des Publications Conde Nast, , 1st Edition, only copywrite statement on verso; printed by Maurice DuPuy; navy blue cloth backed red laminated boards with familiar picture, green endpapers with elephants, The bittersweet story of how Babar wandered to Paris, of how he became the civilized companion of his patron, of how Arthur and Celeste found him, and of how he returned to the jungle to become king.

A beautiful first edition, very clean, with deep colours. VG; bright spine cloth in perfect condition, clean boards, lightly rubbed line across front bottom margin, minor rubs to white on edges and bumped corners; opening to gauze next to rear endpaper a recent accident, alas and thus loosening, photos available. McClelland and Stewart, , 1st Canadian. Full colour pictorial boards, 7. An appealing Alice with big dark eyes and whispy brown hair shown in drawings of uneven quality, designed with colour on every other page.

One of series of adapted classics. Charles Scribner's Sons, , 1st; red clothbacked purple paper boards, 8. Black dancers and tree fronds move against brilliant skies; pale West African ghosts float through. Chaucer's The Franklin's Tale. Brief and well written text, with bright coloured pictures on every spread. Les Exploits de Goupil. Editions du Puit-Pelu, nd, c ? Colourful cartoon like pictures filling half of each page interpret the old story of the fox and the wolf. G; light soil to front, soil to back, extrems lightly bumped, one inch margin tear, long tear on last page affecting illustration, pages clean.

Everett Anderson's Christmas Coming. Holt Rinehart, , stated 1st; white cloth boards with all over illustration in brown and lavender of Everett Anderson running with his Christmas tree, 9x8. Sensitive poems and pictures of a young black child. A garland of little songs about mice each poem woven in with a delicate border of mice drawings.

You are the guardian of this house. Greenwillow, , stated 1st; shiny full colour paper pictorial boards with all over illustration of children looking down train tracks which disappear into the woods, black endpapers with KLAK KLAK brown design; in jacket identical to boards; A brush with real danger. The children know they shouldn't take the shortcut home on the tracks, but it is getting dark, so they do. When the huge freight train appears, the noise and shaking in Crews' pictures are palpable.

The Pop-corn Lamb and the Peppermint Sticks. Cross Publications, ; turquoise cloth boards with gilt titles, marching peppermint stick pastedown endpapers, in red jacket with lamb and toys; oblong 10x8. Jelly-Bean made a Pop Corn Lamb and set him in the magic window near a jar of peppermint sticks, he had no way of knowing that this frisky little Pop Corn Lamb was soon to turn his toy shop into a world of enchantment for children everywhere!

Words and music to Peppermint Stick Parade included. Doubleday, Doran and Company, , 1st, stated first; blue cloth backed paper illustrated boards with young Abe sitting on a fence rail, illustrated full colour map endpapers; 8. All the good old stories about Lincoln, including the scene where he made sooty footprints walk across the ceiling, in the D'Aulaire's beautiful lithographs.

Erratum slip bound in. Doubleday, , 1st, stated first; 9x The D'Aulaire's superb coloured lithographs shine in this book. Betes sur la terre et dans le ciel. Calmann-Levy Editeurs, Collections pour nos enfants. Demaison is a prolific writer for adults on wild animals. Lithographs of very wild animals wearing human headgear.

VG; boards soiled, corners bumped, with light page soil and scrapes on back; ep lifted. Giotto Tended the Sheep. Dutton, , 1st; 8. Part of the very short Artists Series. An early collaboration with coloured illus on almost every page, on pale terracotta paper. The Whale and the Ferryboat. Blue and white paper pictorial boards, 9. Aurelius is a problem whale child, so it is no surprise when he takes up with a ferryboat and gets entangled in trouble; a broadly humorous story full of absurd names. Lushly textured black and white illustrations throughout.

Janet Reachfar and the Kelpie. Macmillan, , 1st; 4to, np. Matte white paper boards with watercolour of Janet walking along the path above her Highland farm, identical jacket design; 8. But when it comes to believing in a slimy kelpie in their own sweet farm, well, Janet will see for herself! Knopf Parent's Book Club approved selection; orange boards with black titles and whale; orange jacket with large whale a polar bear is standing on top of his head and waving to his friends on shore ; oblong 8.

When Santa's reindeer came down with the flu, his many friends at the North Pole pitched in, especially the Kindly Whale. A charming early Ets in which a boy walks through the forest and gathers a procession of friendly animals. A perfect picture book that will never age. Coward-McCann, ; 32 pp. Angus wandered off and then " Judy looked longingly at the little dog in the pet store window, but Miss Samantha was the one who adopted her. Angus, with his friend the Airedale, helps Topsy find Judy again. Scribner's, , 1st; reinforced pictorial binding, Story of the Brave Blacks at Suriname, who escaped plantation slavery, stood up to government soldiers, and learned to survive in the jungle.

Floethe's intricate, rhythmic watercolours show the daily life of these people and their African traditions. The Boat That Mooed. Atmospheric Weisgard pictures of the water in the fog and the arrival of the sun. Coward-McCann, , 1st nap; orange boards with green insert containing illustration of three dog houses on top board, on bottom a tree trunk with a hole showing nothing at all, white endpapers with green design and vignette of little dogs looking through the fence; oblong 9.

Once upon a time there were three little orphan dogs. They lived in a far forgotten corner of an old forgotten farm in three forgotten kennels which stood there in a row. Little bright colored drawings on every spread, a very nice copy inside! Coward-McCann, , 1st nap; yellow boards with orange and green illustration of old man offering food to a dragon; green on yellow endpapers with old man and dragon silhouettes, oblong 9.

An attractive book inside. Brok the evil giant crab brings about a volcanic eruption, in lyrical, frightening watercolour wash. The debut of Gerrard's serious round people, here cast as stuffy Victorians. The Three Fuzzy Bears. Whitman Publishing Company, a Fuzzy Wuzzy Book, , probable 1st; illustrated paper boards with flocked bears in dark brown, endpapers with full colour vignettes from book, in jacket identical to boards, also Fuzzy; 8x A retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Bradbury, , 1st; 9. First there was Frances.

A bright and breezy classic. First came Frances who lived in a house just outside the city, then came Graham who worked at the airport, then a dog, then two babies, and on and on. Crowded as they were, they all learned to live together, then came Little, Brown, , 1st; shiny col. A little book, with Graham's appealing line drawings, of a brother, a sister, and a Scotty named Theo adventuring in the tall grass. John looked for Sarah but he forgot all about her.

Theo deserted her for some soggy chips. The insects bit her tummy. Scribner's, , 1st thus illustrated; 8. Rat and Mole enjoy an afternoon on the river; the first chapter of the book, with delicate colour illustrations. Nikos and the Sea God. He has grown up with tales of the old gods, so that when the catch is small, he wonders if it is Poseidon who keeps the fish from biting. Glowing colour spreads on every other page. The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Graceful Renaissance princesses dance in a serious illustration of this story by a Hungarian Canadian artist.

This is Lunn's second book for children, published before The Root Cellar. The Fisherman and His Wife. Holiday House, , stated 1st; bright blue cloth backed dusty pink paper boards, in white jacket with a scene of the two near their cottage on the shore; 8. The story of the greedy fisherman's wife, who at the end of this tale, wants to be "like unto God". Scholastic, Blue Sky Press, , stated 1st; green cloth backed red paper boards with gilt leaf outlines, yellow gold endpapers, 8.

Tales originally collected or created by Martha Young, , rewritten by Hamilton for children in colloquial speech. Each includes a verse or song and ends with a moral. With watercolours by Moser. Houghton Mifflin, early edition, no additional printing, no date on title page; heavy grey boards with red bunny and titles, shrimp pink endpapers, pink jacket with bunny and her babies on front, photo of Heyward and his 8 year old daughter on back, Wait for William and Restless Robin mentioned; 8. The Country Bunny trains each of her twenty-one children to take pride in helping with the family home.

Even though the gentlemen bunnies scoff, and even though the way is hard, she is still able to achieve the job of Easter Bunny. Frances learns not to be afraid in bed because 'the wind is just doing his job. Nice little Frances songs. Best Friends for Frances. How Frances wins a spot for Gloria and herself on the boys' baseball team. Bread and Jam for Frances. Frances ventures out from her steady diet of bread and jam.

Persephone and the Springtime: Little, Brown, , stated 1st; wide 8vo; 32 pp. The myth of how springtime came to be. A simple text by a storyteller, in a picture book with romantic ink and wash on every spread. Hamish Hamilton, , 1st UK. Melkon, drawn here with lots of character, harasses the thieves who have stolen his name day rooster feast. He leaves them notes, "Rooster Brother was here. He will strike again. The Thieves and the Raven. Macmillan, , 1st US; 11x9 oblong, np.

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The ruler of the ravens routs egg poachers. Josef Muller, Ars Sacra Meuller , reprint; wrap around illustrated paper boards with pink striped circus tent with mouse taking tickets on front, full coloured illustrations facing every page, 4. All the little animals are having a colourful circus until the cat's head appears through the curtains! VG; in original clear mylar outer wrap; owner's stamp, light, on contents page at rear of book, else bright as new. Adele and Doris Laslo. Platt and Munk ; orange boards, orange endpapers with coloured pictures of the characters, in jacket with front and back full coloured illustration of little kitten amid ferns and flowers; 8.

Orange boards with black kitten. A cute 40's book with a kitten with very large green eyes. The Tale of Tubby the Tuba. Vanguard Press , 1st, nap; paper boards with wrap-around green gold and black painting of Tubby and his friend the frog sitting under a tree under the stars; red endpapers with pink, white, and black orchestral instruments on front, green background on back, in black jacket identical to boards; oblong Very classy 40's modern illustrations in this retelling of the Tubby the Tuba album.

Parents' Magazine Press, ; full coloured illus boards, 10x9. Bear grows lonely on his mountaintop and decides to go down to the Rabbit town and help out. He begins by pushing an entire "broken down" line of traffic stopped at a red light, and continues to cause chaos all day! The Last of the Arctic. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, , 1st; beige cloth, 10x12"; 94 pp. Thirty coloured paintings and sixteen black and white drawings document the disappearing traditional ways of Arctic life. Kurelek lived on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic while he researched this book.

I learn to knit to dress my doll, Primrose. Bass, white boards with photo of little girl knitting and holding her doll, blue penguin design on inside of boards, 7x9. This book begins with a sort of Disney fantasy about the arrival of the doll; then there are photos of the doll in different outfits and patterns for doll clothes of increasing difficulty, but all within reach of a beginning knitter, teaching knit, purl, increase, decrease, cast on, bind off, and cords.

VG; white boards darkening, long crease visible on front of cover, but not back. Lippincott Company, , 1st thus, stated first; red cloth binding with black titles; endpapers with all the characters the Watchbirds need to watch; 7. Bring back the Watchbirds! They didn't miss a thing: G; extremities rubbed and frayed, loosening, opens freely. Lippincott Company, , 1st thus collected, stated first; red cloth binding with black titles; endpapers with all the characters the Watchbirds need to watch, black with red and white jacket with uncertain baby surrounded by a flock of watchbirds, 7.

Here they all are: Stokes, , 1st, nap; green cloth binding with black titles; inside pastedown with happy Watchbird, illustrated in red and black; green with black and white jacket with puzzled Watchbirds, 9. Ads on the back of jacket for Grammar, Manners, Safety, R. Viking Press, , 1st. Plaid boards with yellow cloth spine and picture of Wee Gillis in center Wee Gillis learns how to stay very still from his highland relatives and to yell very loud from his lowland relatives.

But when he plays a stranger's bagpipe, he knows how he himself will live.