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Stacey had married another man, but is now a widow and finds Ray on Hatteras. After their love is rekindled, an intriguing secret about the money is revealed. Homebody by Joanna Gaines , Hardcover 2. Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones Set: First Printing, Hard Cover. This anthology may be too early to be the book you are seeking.

The cover shows witches around a flaming cauldron with skulls. A48 anthology witch stories: If it helps, the Launchbury anthology includes the following: She did many anthologies about other-worldly creatures, dragons, dwarves, wizards, mermaids, etc. Here's a list of the stories in the anthology: Are you thinking of a book with illustrations? I remember a picture in a book from the early 80's with a pretty young witch holding a mirror up to deflect a spell and nasty older witch was casting.

The witch had a sweet name - Minnie, Milly? I had not thought about this book unitl I read your request. The book was somewhat thin, but large 14 by 10? Is that the book? I'll look around my parents' house for you if it is This compliation includes the stories: Eleanor Estes, The Witch Family. Do Amy and Clarissa sound familiar? The story goes that one of their mothers told them stories that always began ''One day, old witch'' and the girls would draw pictures that would come true.

I read this one in the 70ss. I don't remember this particular story but there were many in there and I only read a few. I can't remember any of the exact stories, unfortunately. Concerning unsolved mystery A53, I ran across a children's story called The Snooks Family in a listserv to which I subscribe. The person submitting the story says: My photocopy says From Tales of Ebony by Harcourt Williams Putnam, London " I also read a version of this on the Storytelling list, so it may be one of those often re-told stories with many variations. I've taken the liberty of making some little changes of my own.

He was born in and died in I found 1 film with Actor containing "Harcourt Williams: There are many films in which Harcourt Williams played minor roles. Preface reads in part 'This book originated in a series of little reading lessons prepared for the first grade pupils in the Santa Rosa California public schools The spirit of the book may be illustrated by referring to the roast turkey in the story of The Little Match Girl.

The story was told as dear old Hans Christian Anderson gave it to the little German children fifty years ago William Patten, Junior Classics: Fairy and Wonder Tales , , copyright. Maybe you are looking for the Junior Classic, they are a set of 10 books, each with a different subject matter, the first one is Fairy and Wonder Tales. First Published in , and compiled by William Patten, there are many later editions as well. Wynken, Blynken and Nod is by Eugene Field. Neither Robinson or Parrish really did wispy pastels, though. It was illustrated by Garth Williams, and had many wonderful coloured illustrations.

The stories included one about Georgie, a little ghost, and there were also lots of poems including the battle between the gingham dog and the calico cat. Does this ring any bells with the inquirer? Olive Beaupre Miller ed. There are various printings, but the edition I grew up on is, indeed, bound in blue, and "wispy pastels" is a fine description of the illustrative style. It dates from the 30's or 40's. It is presented over four pages with very large elaborate pictures! I'd say the gorgeous illustrations would have tremendous appeal to a child and would certainly be vividly recalled long afterward.

While the cover color does not match your recollections, I thought it might be worth a look! Just a possibility -- A wonderful poetry book I just came upon with your poem in lovely soft colors, blue and yellow! Watty Piper, The Bumper Book, , approximate. Someone has already suggested The Bumper Book which is my guess if it's an anthology.

I am 59 and loved the book. It also contained among others Christopher Robin, The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat, the days of the week and months with clever pictures, etc. Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia , I remember reading Winken Blynken and Nod from a blue textured hardback. It was a collection of children's writings that came with the Arthur Mee's encyclopedia that was sold door to door for many years both in the USA and the British Empire. I was checking out where you may find this book and looked on this site loganberrybooks and discovered a list of anthologies. Well, here's the link I found with the children's poetry, including yours of "Wynken Blynken and Nod.

Loganberry Books Anthology Finder: I just finished re-reading the Young Wizards series and this doesn't appear to match any incident described within them. It does sound vaguely reminiscent of the part in A Wrinkle in Time where Mrs. Which take the children to a two-dimensional planet where they cannot breathe. Just guessing here - the synopsis says "Further adventures of four children who can travel to other worlds - this time to a distant planet where enemies are fought with imagination and will power.

About twins who use astral projectiom. Christopher Fahy , Nightflyers or Night flyers or Nightfliers. About teenage kids in high school, bullying and central character learns to astral project. A brilliant book that stayed with me for years. Joy Cowley, Ticket to the Sky Dance, They know every free food place in the city and how to make the best of looking helpless and cute.

Their favourite possessions are hologram players and zeus boots - they are freedom children of the twenty-first century, using their good looks and cunning to survive. Risk-taking and danger start to unnerve Shog and Jancie and make tem jittery. When Class Act, a famous, international modelling agency, welcomes them to its private world of extravagance and luxury, they can't believe their luck. But as the newness of luxury wears off, it is replaced by terrible fears: Each picture contains a myriad of unusual objects, all beginning with the same letter.

Includes pictures of antique dolls and toys and many other childhood artifacts and treasures with accompanying text. 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.

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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.

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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?

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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.



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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.

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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.

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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.

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?