Beautifully illustrated but with less theming than the previous illustrated books!
Beautifully illustrated but with less theming than the previous illustrated books!
Thank you for remembering me, but I did find the book at an antique mall. I will remember your services in future. I guess it fasinated me because at that time I would have loved to have found money too Can't remember boys's name or must else about the book. Can you help? I don't think it was Five Pennies to Spend. The other two change-finding incidents I can think of are in Eleanor Estes's Moffats books, Jane finds a penny and gives it to "the oldest inhabitant" in The Moffats, and in another book, probably Rufus M. Rufus finds fifty cents frozen to the sidewalk and has to chop it out of the ice.
This sounds like Penny for Candy, from the Solved list. I was looking for info on a book I had in the 50s when I was a little girl. It was about a boy named Jonathan Percival Pinkerton, Jr. I found something about it on the search page, but nothing at your website. Can you help me? Thanks for your great website. I loved this book so much as a child that my mother called me "Percival Pinkerton Junior" for short! I now know it was about finding money and THAT was my favorite occupation as a child! Thanks so much. See Most Requested Books. I love the Beany books too my daughter is now into them, but they are not an army family and don't move anywhere that I remember, so that doesn't sound too close.
Janet Lambert, Penny Parrish series, s. Beany Malone isn't right--the Malones lived in Denver and the Father was a newspaperman called Martie. Penny Parrish 's dad was in the Army, taught at West Point and the family moved quite a bit in her series. She wrote about 6 different series and several dealt with this theme.
It's not the Beany series - Beany's dad wasn't in the military, and they didn't move. Possibly one of Janet Lambert's - also republished by Image Cascade, so you could check descriptions on their web site. This sounds a lot like Janet Lambert's Just Jennifer. Large army family, father who's away a lot, and no mother.
Jennifer has to handle everything. Sons went to West Point and daughter performed on Broadway. It was a series I read as a teen. Sounds like the Penny Parrish series by Janet Lambert again. Check Solved Mysteries for more. Horse riding and dances. Carle gets injured because of a jealous girl. Book was read in the late 50's or early 60's. Can't remember the name of the book or the author. Janet Lambert, Star Spangled Summer, Never has Carrol enjoyed herself so! Penny shows Carrol the fun and adventures of life on a military base during a star-spangled summer.
This is the first book of the Penny Parish series. This is the Parrish family series again. Carrol, Penny's best friend, is prominent in the first three books. Book Stumpers, Oh my goodness, so quickly solved. That's the title for sure Star Spangled Summer. I was surprised that it was a series and that there were other books I had not read. Thank you all for your help. Harriett, this is the best site on the web.
This book is the first of a series about the Parrish family. Carrol Houghton visits Penny Parrish at Ft. Penny's brother David is aloof, but likes Carrol. Louise makes trouble. These books are somewhere in Solved Mysteries, I believe. Dutton, Image Cascade, I vividly remember this story!! I can see the illustration of the grocer as he counted the bags black and white line drawings. The boy returned bags for a penny and would either buy soda or a chocolate bar. This particular day he had several bags and was just one penny short so he included a bag with a hole I believe the grocer filled the bags with flour.
He strategically placed the bag near the bottom of the pile so the grocer would miss it when he held them up to check for holes. The grocer stopped one bag short of the holey bag. Then the soda and candy made the boy sick because he was so guilty about cheating. I don't remember the resolution, but I'm sure he confessed.
I remember reading this repeatedly, so this might be a short story in an anthology I owned. How Shan struggled with his problem and solved it will not easily be forgotten. These are almost certainly Zenna Hendersons books about The People. As I remember, these refugees tended to be isolationist because they feared reaction to their abilities.
I dont recall which particular story you are describing, but this definitely sounds like one of them. The stories were orginially published separately and then collected in two books called "Pilgrimage" and "No Different Flesh" before being put into this one volume. There were several books by Zenna Henderson about "The People", aliens who lived an almost Amish-style existence but were refugees from another planet. They were gentle, peace-loving people who had powers such as mind-reading and flying. However, to escape detection, flying was banned, and so was music, as to hear music was to cause one to fly.
I loved these books!
Zenna Henderson, Ingathering, , copyright. There is an article about Zenna Henderson on Wikipedia and another about the People. There is also a big fan page about her and her work. It is probably easiest to find copies of the Ingathering anthology which has all of the People stories together including ones she never published. The original anthologies are Pilgrimage and No Different Flesh - one story also appeared in her general anthology Holding Wonder.
A film was made in and there are clips from it on Youtube.
You will probably get many responses to this query! Zenna Henderson. These sound like a series of books and short stories by Zenna Henderson about The People. The People stories are about an alien race with psychic powers, most living in Cougar Canyon, a small isolated settlement. Definitely sounds like The People.
I dont remember that particular incident but there were a lot of different stories of a group of humanoids with psychic abilities such as telepathy, empathy, levitation etc. Zenna Henderson, The People stories. She wrote many short stories about The People and I believe they were eventually collected into a single volume or possibly several volumes.
The stories were beautifully written. The cream of science fiction. Have no idea why they werent made into a movie. Im quite sure that this is the book you are looking for. Zenna Henderson, The People. Thank you so much to those who responded. These are definitely the stories I remember. My library has a copy of the collection, so I'm going to check it out tomorrow. Woollcott-Evans and her Gardener, George.
Hags on Holiday, pages The Lindley children visit a stern maiden aunt in Wales while the Hag stays in a cave with two old friends. Magic helps the aunt find happiness. Hag in the Castle, pages The Hag and the Lindley family visit the Hag's aunt Matty Liptrot's castle and discover Robin Hood and his outlaws still alive Hags by Starlight, pages couldn't find a plot description I think there's another called something like The Sand Witches There but haven't found the record yet.
London, Dent Should be this, or another in the series: "another adventure with the Hag Dowsabel, her cohorts, and the Lindley children. Pepper has her nurse kit and outfit in a box on the closet shelf and spills a lot of toys getting it out. She first tries to nurse her dog, then a black cat who's expecting kittens.
She converts her wagon to an ambulance by painting and attaching signs to it. Other patients include a sneezing duckling and a friend's rabbit. Pepper's parents tell her she can take care of animals, but out in the tool shed, not in the house, please! I still have this Little Golden Book in pretty good shape.
This is it! I'm not much use in the kitchen Thank you to the wonderful person who solved my stumper. I think it was approximately five inches by five inches in size. Perhaps this might ring a bell. P30 is called just Peppermint. It is an older, smaller book which I also read it as a child. I do know that the little girl's name is Barbara. I think it is! The name Barbara definately rings a bell!! Any chance you could send me the doctor's office name and city and I could contact them about buying it?
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Or any chance it could be bought from them through you? I think it is the book, and it would mean so much to me to have a copy. I'm going to be in Cleveland from July 21st through the 30th, and also in August. I'm looking forward to seeing your store. Thanks so very much. I have found a copy for you! It's not in excellent shape, but it is intact, and the one you so fondly remember!
Dorothy Grider. Racine, Wisc. No marks or tears. Will you hold it for me? So she came into the store in person and she doesn't live in Cleveland, but I guess she was passing through, and told me tales about this blue cat and her dreams about blue cats. Now she is an artist, and she says that some of her work features animals in unusual colors, particularly blue cats, and that it all stemmed from the childhood memory of this little book I've really enjoyed owning the book Peppermint, which I got from you on the last trip.
The image of the cat in the bath looking doubtfully at the bubbles cracks me up, not to mention the wary side glance the little girl and the kitten give each other upon introduction. Thank you for the great memory, and Happy Holidays! I wanted to mention that I discovered that this was the "kitten in bluing" book I had inquired about by finding it in your Solved Mysteries section.
What a neat story about the other woman who was searching for it! Dorothy Grider, Peppermint I don't know when it was published, but I had it in the 's. All I can remember is that a little girl had a white kitten that got bathed in laundry blueing. This book made a big impression on me, and was one of many stolen from me and my sister at the laundromat many years ago. Dorothy Grider, Peppermint, This was one I requested a couple of years ago. It is a short book with colored drawings.
The date was the late 50s-early 60s. I remember the color red associated with the cover. Isn't this Peppermint again? I know I remember this story Check Solved Mysteries for the synopsis. Even though the details are not exact, it sounds suspiciously similar. There may have been a fourth kitten. My recollection is that the store was a small mom-and-pop type general store. I think the cats lived under the shop counter or in the back room. At some point a little girl in a dress talks to the owner about the kittens - perhaps she was looking to adopt one or all of them?
I read this book or had it read to me by the time I was 5 in, but have no idea when it was originally published. There were illustrations along with the text. Peppermint was the name of the last kitten, and it's the title of the story. I can't tell you the author, but I do remember that the title is "Peppermint". The mama cat is the only pet of a man who runs a candy store. All of the kittens are named after the candies theysell there.
Pepermint is the runt of the litter, and when the old man decides that they have to get rid of the kittens, he gives them to kids in the neighborhood who come in to the candy store. One by one the cats find homes, all but Peppermint. They decide to give her a bath and make her super fluffy and pretty, but she falls in to a tub of lye? In the end, she goes home with a little girl who could not possibly love her more. A Whitman Tell-a-Tale book.
It is about a cat named Candy who lives in Mr. Peppermint was white and thin and not as pretty as the others so she wasn't bought by a child. Later Mr. Dobby gave her away to a poor child who entered her in a cat show at school. When her mother washed Peppermint to get ready for the show she fell into a pan of bluing and turned blue. They put a pink ribbon on her and she won the show.
Peppermint : Yes, that is the book!! Thank you all so much! There is going to be a pet show and this little boy doesn't have a kitten so the store owner says he only has one kitten left the little gray one. So the boy and his mother take it home and give it a bath and put a pink ribbon on it and the kitten is really WHITE and wins at the pet show.
I remember it from when I was a kid born in and it was an old book then. I would really like to find one. Can anyone help me? It's possible that your memory can't cope with the idea that the kitten was really blue General store and pet show prize are all part of the story, although I think the protagonist is a little girl, not a little boy. Dorothy Grider, Peppermint. See Solved Mysteries for more reminisciences. Thank you so much for your help. This website is a great service. I actually found a copy of the bookand already bought it as an early Christmas gift to myself.
Happy Holidays! We just had this one last week see G! It's Peppermint by Dorothy Grider. More on the Solved Mysteries page, too. The Perfect Pancake by Virginia Kahl A "goodwife" makes wonderful pancakes, but will only give one per person, but a beggar tricks her so he can eat more.
It's a story in rhyme. Re The Perfect Pancake - yes, that's it. It was in my 3rd-grade textbook and the clever happy ending was removed, I'm quite sure - the only purpose being to use it as an moralistic example of mob cruelty vs. I remember the book asking "What do you think the beggar felt like when all the townspeople gathered to laugh at him? I think it was a picture book, and I'm pretty sure it was in verse. The premise was that a woman in a town made perfect pancakes, but she'd only give one to a person, no matter how much anyone begged.
A stranger came to town and hoodwinked her by pretending each time he got a pancake that it was pretty good but that there was some slight defect. After he'd eaten his fill, he announced that, in fact, each one had been perfect, and then went on his way, much to the astonishment of the cook and the townsfolk. I don't have a clue as to title or author. Perfecting Your Language The 8th-grade grammar textbook we used at Whittier School in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in had a nubbly green cover.
It wasn't new, so it was likely published or available in the s. The shade was akin to Depression-era green—a dusty medium green. It was a broad book, as I recall, almost square, with two or more columns of text on each page. It had distinctive humorous halftone illustrations—cartoons, you could say. The details of the illustrations were skillfully done in grays without black outlines. One that I recall exemplified the admonition to the writer to stick to the topic and not get carried away—it portrayed a space traveler sticking to the mission, ignoring curious anthropomorphized planets who are trying to lead the traveler astray.
There were numerous "practice" passages printed in capitals with little or no punctuation. There might be periods, but nothing else. The student would have to copy them and provide proper punctuation and capitalization. The authors had taken care to make the passages absorbing. There was one humorous sequence, done like a comic strip. A bunch of cowboys are having supper. One cowboy, "Red," says to another, "Slim, shoot me the potatoes!
He is arrested and brought before a judge, who pronounces the sentence: "Life in prison—and that's not too harsh a punishment for someone who doesn't understand the difference between a direct and indirect object! Egads, how I miss that book. Blossom, Clarence Stratton, and Prudence T.
It is an entertaining journey through American English and s American culture. A not-too-surprising lack of ethnic diversity, too. The humorous twist on teaching and illustrating good usage made this book unforgettable. I've had other requests for this title, but I've never been able to even track down the author.
Who knows it? I've done some library database searches and turned up nothing so far. I'm wondering if this was part of an anthology. I'm also wondering if Sylvia whose name means 'forest' might be a DRYAD tree spirit rather than a DRUID pre-Roman British religious order, probably all male because I don't see why a priestess would have to sleep through the winter whereas a supernatural creature might.
Anyhow, it's the best lead you've had so far. Not my stumper, but I was intrigued, so I looked at the Beacon Readers online. I checked with the booksellers and neither contains this story. Perhaps there are other Beacon Readers worth checking. I have finally solved this one, with some assistance from a very patient children's librarian! The compiler of the book is Laura Cathon, and the author of the story is Mary Curtis.
Because of a letter that Alicia sends to Queen Mary, Kate is punished by being exiled to Elvenwood, an isolated castle or gard. She does end up going undergound, to the world of the "elves" who are an old sect of Druids, and the crushing claustrophobia of being underground is described. The story is interesting because it shows how certain real things could have been the basis for folklore. This is one of my favorite books. Definitely The Perilous Gard. In, Kate is sent to the mysterious castle of Perilous Gard with her new guardian.
Once she reaches the castle, she learns that his daughter has disappeared down a well, and her guardian's brother, Christopher Wren, claims he's responsible. Christopher I think he's called Kit? It's actually a bit of a retelling of Tam Lin. A few details are mixed up, but that will make the re-read all the better! This is it for sure! A really good book and definitely worth a read. Elizabeth Marie Pope, Perilous Gard.
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Wondeful book! This is the only one I could find with Princess Elizabeth and 'oak'. It's publication date fits in your time frame but the description doesn't really fit - "Peter, a Russian peasant boy, twelve years old in the year and full of dreams, chances to cross paths with the exiled Princess Elizabeth and comes to realize his fate is linked to hers.
The mystery took only 3 days to solve after being posted on the website. The Perilous Gard. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. Houghton Mifflin, , A Newbery Honor Book. Bruce Carter a. This is just a maybe, but it certainly seems to fit. John Beynon, The Secret People, Set in, "The Secret People" takes us to a place intruders never leave. After Mark Sunnet's rocket plane crashes in the Sahara Desert, which is being turned into a "New Sea" by France and Italy in a monumental feat of engineering, he and his girlfriend Margaret find themselves prisoners of a people determined to keep their existence secret.
Hence the title of this book. These short-statured people who resemble white pygmies dwell in an underground network of vast caves and are, on the face of it, mired in primitivism. The caves are lit by luminous globes of unknown power, suggesting that this civilization was once highly developed technologically but is now long past its time of glory. While Margaret and her cat become a focus of worship, Mark is thrown in with the other prisoners.
These are people of various nationalities who were unfortunate enough to stray into the pygmie's domain over the years - destined to live out their lives subsisting on the fungus of giant mushrooms which grow in the caves. While many are slumped in apathy, some of the captives have preserved their sanity by working on an escape tunnel. The rising water levels have heightened the sense of urgency.
Bruce Carter, The Perilous Descent. Bruce Carter is the pen-name of the English writer Richard Hough. His story concerns two R. When they finally re-emerge from the "other world" they are in South America. The twins books you asked about are a popular series written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. I have quite a few in stock: The Pioneer Twins. First edition, corners bumped. Corners bumped. First edition. Spine ends frayed. Felix Salten, Perri. Best known for his books about deer, Salten also wrote this one about a squirrel. It was adapted into a live-action Disney movie in the s.
I checked Disney version of Salten's Perri and it is all color photos of how squirrels live. And it is not Ridlon's Lightning strikes twice: Mama, Papa and Milkweed Woodsey lose their home to lightning, and feel an earthquake under their new one; optimism is the key, but names don't match Stumper. A Pet at the Zoo, I am sure that you are looking for A Pet at the Zoo. This is a Whitman Big Tell-a-Tale book, published in I have a copy of my own somewhere, just to be sure I Googled it and saw a copy for sale on the internet.
The cover is the same as I remembered it. Hope this helps! His nemesis is the house cat, Mefisto, who hunts down Maestro Petrini during a performance of The Magic Flute, only to be charmed at the last moment by Papageno's flute. And they all live happily ever after. A thousand thank-yous! Thank you for making me look so good! I'm sure we will be visiting your site often. Clevin, Jorgen, Pete's first day at school This must definitely be the solution to E86 and it could be the solution to E The cover shows Johnny and Pete - and Pete is a regular large elephant, so his size could have come into the story.
Pete, the elephant, has happy experiences on the first day of school. Where do you live? Shall we say hello to them? That red knob is the doorbell. Press it with your finger and say : dingalingaling. Reader answers questions at each stop-light. Final story page has a 'blank' TV screen with a message seen only when held up to the light! Cover is indeed white as remembered' I can't believe it but I believe this is Pete's first day of school is the answer to E I never thought I would find it. And then another poster helped with additional clues.
Thank you so much! NOw I am trying to purchase the book. I have now found 2 of 5 books I have been searching for! I was interested in P2 in your stump column. I have it packed away somewhere in the attic, but haven't a hope of finding it to get the information. I kind of thought it was called Prudence and Peter, but have not found that listing. I did check the LC catalog, but found nothing. The book I remember has a colored picture pasted on the cover, which is a kind of goldish brown buckram, if my memory is correct, but who knows.
For some reason we had it out to get some ideas when we were planning the highschool senior prom I can't remember if we actually used it or not. We do not have a very good public library, so I would not expect to find it there. I think I identified P2 after thinking a little more. I'm doing some personal research for fun on "Octavia" on the 'net.
Picked up this link -- thought you or whoever requested might be interested Robins, Eliz. Could this be Peter Churchmouse by Margot Austin? There's also a Churchmice series by Oakley, but I think it's the former. Thank you very much for the quick response. Re Peter Churchmouse. I am really not sure. I have seen references to it on your site.
I really dont remember the character of Peter. Am looking for that refrain "Say it again If you get a copy of Peter Churchmouse, i would be interested in the opportunity to purchase it. There is also a Thursday series by Michael Bond. Most of those I found should be listed on the solved page under Cheerful, and I'm not even sure that's all of them. Austin, Peter Churchmouse. This is definitely Peter Churchmouse.
He recites poetry, and it is his friend, Gabriel Churchkitten, who could "listen, and listen, and listen. Growing up in the '60's in the New York area we even saw animated versions of the stories on T. I had a book once that featured a cat, mouse and friar which was always centered in an old church. I seem to think it was a British book but can't be sure. The characters were all chubby and fuzzy looking line drawings.
It was printed in black an black and white with occasional single color kind of like the Eloise illustrations. It may have been part of a series. I was born in and was able to read it on my own which seems to suggest I had it in the late fifties, early sixties although the book itself was old and used looking. Margot Austin, Peter Churchmouse, s, approximate. Is it Margot Austin's books? I remember reading Peter Churchmouse and Gabriel Churchkitten.
I believe there were others as well. Charming illustrations. Graham Oakley, The Church Mouse. Cute story of Peter a churchmouse who was so hungry he ate the hymn books. The near-sighted parson, mistaking him for a rat, brought in a cat to get rid of him. When Peter found out the cat was a kitten and the kitten found out the rat was a mouse, they grew into a close friendship. This was the first in a series of books about Peter, his animal friends, and the nearsighted, sleepwalking Parson Pease-Porridge with whom they lived. I am so-o-o-o excited. You found it. It was indeed the Peter Churchmouse books.
I had seen the Graham Oakley books and although the drawings were somewhat similar I new they weren't the ones. As soon as I read Gabriel Kitten I remembered. I have tried so long to find these. This somehow makes me think of The 10, Fingers of Dr. T, where the villain's name is Dr. It does have a boy who has to escape from a bad situation, but I don't know if it was ever a book, or just a movie. I don't know anything about the plot, but the title fits. The scientist creats various anti-gravity devices. Employing them ususally results in unintended consequences.
The most memorable is a bowling-ball-sized sphere that bounces progressively higher and higher; each successive landing causes an increased amount of damage. In the story, the boy and scientist struggle to stop it from destroying cities, the world. William Pene du Bois, Peter Graves. The same as S94! This is most definitely Peter Graves. Roberta Whitehead, Peter opens the door, No summary available, just a possibility. Another person and I are both looking for the same book, but it isn't this one.
I got a copy of Peter Open the Door by Roberta McDonald and it is for a very young child and not the story the other reader and I were looking for. The one we mean is for older children, many pages nearly half an inch thick and about a boy going into countries of different colors and having adventures. More science fiction type. Any help is appreciated.
Florella Rose, Peter Picket Pin, Peter and his dozens and dozens of cousins tricked the coyote by popping out of different holes. I can't believe it!! I had been checking back for the past few months, basically had given up, and then yesterday checked in to find someone had identified my book! I wish I could see WHO had submitted the solution though. Thanks for maintaining such a great website as well.
I wonder if this is the book you noted to others -- Twilight Tales by Patten Beard. I haven't remembered anything else about it. Not much info, but there's Twilight Stories by Mrs. Beautiful blue and green decorative cover. Over 50 wonderful illustrations. Probably too early, though. The frontispiece shows the elves cavorting over the boy's bed. I think that is it. I saw the story title "The Doll's Midsummer Dance," and that jarred long-stilled memories. I can get the book. Thank you. From the early 40s. Thornton W. This sounds like a Burgess book to me, but I don't know which one my mother has all of them from her childhood, but they're at her house, not mine.
I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but here is an excerpt I found-- "Joringel lifted up his head, and saw Jorinde was changed into a nightingale, which was singing "Jug, jug, jug," and presently an Owl flew round thrice, with his eyes glistening, and crying, "Tu wit, tuoo. Peter Puckle and Other Fairy Tales. In the story "The Witch", the 'owl-witch' calls 'Tu-whit-tu-whoo'. The book I'm looking for is definitely Peter Puckle! Thomson, Molly B. In the series 'Collins Wonder Colour Books'.
Cute colour pictures of teddies, animals and trains throughout. Oh my god, that is it! Peter Puffer's Fun Book! I looked it up in BookFinders, and they had a picture of the cover - and I recognised it right away! Thanks so much I've already sent Harriet a request to find it. Thanks again Hi Harriett, since I was able to get a copy of Peter Puffer's Fun Book for my brother thanks to your amazing Stump the Bookseller page, I thought you might like a photo of the cover to put on the Solved Mysteries page I noticed some of the other books have cover shots.
It's not the greatest picture, but better than nothing. Just a guess since I don't have the book. Scrambled Eggs, This is the exact plot of the cartoon short "Scrambled Eggs", which first aired on the old "Woody Woodpecker and Friends" show in Peterkin is a young satyr who delights in playing tricks on the woodland creatures, so he mixes up the birds' eggs. When the birds abandon their strange new babies, Peterkin is stuck taking care of them until he confesses his deed.
Could you be remembering the cartoon, rather than a book? Or is it possible that a book was made of the cartoon that I am not aware of? It wasn't a cartoon, but that is the story!
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The illustrations were great. Unfortunately I played librarian and the book wasn't returned. Scrambled eggs, I'll look for that. I do remember Peterkin had to egg sit or something like that. Sorry, I didn't see the first answer. I bet that's it. Thank you, now I can can go looking. I have looked for years for that book without knowing the name. Elaine Pogany, Peterkin, I am the one who suggested the cartoon "Scrambled Eggs". I did a little more looking, and it appears that the Elaine Pogany book Peterkin is indeed the same story as the cartoon. It is illustrated by Willy Pogany, a well-known illustrator.
Duvoisin, Roger. Knopf, A wonderful bookish classic. I don't have a used one in stock although I have several of the sequels, including Petunia's Christmas, Petunia and the Song, and Petunia, Beware! There are more comments on the Solved Mysteries page for that title. In the book I remember, Rosemary was the name of the ghost-girl, not the real girl, and there wasn't anything about time-travel, magic spells, or a cat.
The neighbor, and old lady named Mrs. Raven, watches from her window and invites her to come over and play in her own garden whenever she wants, and a maid brings out milk and cookies every morning at One day she meets a blind girl with a walking stick in the garden and they play together. The blind girl, Rosemary, says she used to play there long ago, and she's bothered that the rosemary plant that used to be there is gone.
She feels if she could smell the plant it would help her remember something important. When Joanna's father gets her a little rosemary plant and the gardener plants it, Rosemary smells it and remembers once when she bent to pick a sprig of rosemary and she fell down a cliff - but she never reached the bottom and sometimes she feels like she's still falling. Just then, Joanna looks up at Mrs. Raven's window and there she is standing, waving her hanky at them. Rosemary looks up and says "I'm coming mother!
The housekeeper sends Joanna's mother a note telling her that Mrs. Raven died at - the exact time Joanna and Rosemary saw her at the window. When Joanna was much older, she studies Hamlet in school, and when she reads the line "Rosemary, that's for remembrance," she says she doesn't need rosemary to remember - she will never forget as long as she lives.
That one's been bugging me for years! Thank you so much for finally identifying the story for me. I'd forgotten about Rosemary being blind, but as soon as I read your description, I knew it was correct. Thanks to the kind person who submitted this solution, and thank you also for such a wonderful site! It's a highlight of my week, checking the new stumpers and solutions.
Thank goodness that was solved so quickly--I'm dying to read it! I believe they all have white hair.
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They go to a party at the children's house and find it odd that there are no parents. Weird things start to happen. At some point a dessert is brought out. It is a hill of what appears to be sugar with a sled and two kids on it. When the pair look closely they realize the figures are of themselves and that I think once the dessert is eaten they will be trapped. I remember them running out of the house and getting on their sleds just as spoons are put into the dessert.
And for some reason I remember the girl has long brown hair and maybe is wearing red? I read this in the late '70s in a collection of spooky and ghost stories - probably a scholastic book. It was first published in England in, then in America in, and maybe Scholastic also published it. Hmmm so the story about the children with white hair is called The White Haired Children. I should have remembered that.
Now I just have to find the book again. Love this site and thank you contributors. It was a collection of ghostly short stories and I remember the first story in the collection was about a group of children who had another group of ghost children move in close by. The ghost children didn't seem to have parents. I think the oldest sister from the ghost children was named Primrose something with Rose. At the end of the story, the ghost children throw a party at their house and there's a big ice cream cake in the shape of a snowy hill with children sledding down.
Somehow the human children realized that if they didn't leave the ghost house before the cake was eaten, they'd be stuck in the house forever. I don't remember any of the other stories in the book. This is the one you are looking for. The story with the tobogganing children is called "The White-Haired Children. Ruth Ainsworth, The Phantom Cyclist, and other ghost stories.
The story you mention is "The White-Haired Children". Tizz was a palomino pony, not a full-grown horse, and she may not have been remarkable, but her owner, Tracy, considered her of exceptional intelligence and in full agreement with every opinion of Tracy's. Don't know about the Blue Ridge Mountains, but this family certainly moved a lot.
In the first book, they had just moved to the eastern east of Arizona, anyway United States from another location, and in a later book they had just moved to Arizona. Tizz's excursions also included trips to the Canadian Rockies and Mexico--an exceptional distance to haul a pony! Many thanks. This was my stumper, and I'm delighted to say that that's it! The Phantom Tollbooth. Thank you so much, I've been trying to remember that title for years. A good lesson in why it is important to not "jump to conclusions" too quickly when faced with a situation.
When they reach shore, the Humbug isn't wet, showing he's learned nothing. Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth. This is an incident in this classic book on the merits of a proper education. The copy I have was published by Saalfield so is probably a reprint. I think it was also published by Cupples and Leon. Both companies had a series of Adventure and Mystery Stories for Girls.
J20 janetje: I've drawn a blank on plot descriptions for The Phantom Treasure, but a couple of other Pyne Grove books sound as if the plot is along her lines: The Strange Likeness, by Harriet Pyne Grove, published Saalfield, green hardcover, pp. Mystery, by Harriet Pyne Grove, published Saalfield, blue hardcover, pp. The girls of the S. Club are rewarded for their excellent school work with a stay at a summer college on a lake and help a poor German orphan find her real family. I am one of those persons who had an actual ache to find a childhood memory in the form of a book!! I was led to your site by "Barbara" who saw my request in Alibris search page.
I made my plea on your site about two years ago, where it lay "dormant" for so long, I had given it up. About two weeks ago when I went on eBay to purchase Judy Bolton books for my granddaughter, I decided to ask the seller of one if they recognized my story. I could not remember author or title, but knew the plot and characters' names. I knew it was written between and I would ask almost everyone I met around my age if they recognized it; and I searched the shelves of antique stores This seller of the Judy Bolton book solved my mystery!! Guess how.
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With foil throughout for added sparkle, this is a perfect seasonal story to share. There is more trouble afoot for the little girl whose granny is still whisper it a witch, whom we first met in Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble. Count to ten and back again with the world's sweetest guinea pigs at a party featuring presents, cakes and games galore!
The dinosaurs are back and this time they're revving, roaring and racing. For royally fussy eaters everywhere, a wittily told rhyming take on a classic fairytale. Pip and Posy are friends most of the time! Many years have passed since Goldilocks caused chaos at the Bears' house in the woods, but what happens when Little Bear as was wanders out of his fairytale and into the big city where Goldilocks now lives? This paperback editions includes a free audio reading via download.
Rhythmical writing and vibrant, energetic pictures bring to life this lovely story with a Christmas message that giving is as fun as receiving. This paperback edition has a sparkling foil cover for even more appeal. If your granny was a little bit, well, different from other grannies, would you want to change her? A gorgeous picture book about loving people just the way they are. A fantastic picture book that combines a little boy's two favourite things: dinosaurs and machines! Stories Aloud Paperback picture books to make a noise about! Scan the code, hear the story!
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Toby and the Tricky Things Published: April Toby is a Big Boy now, but sometimes even when you're big the tricky things are still a bit tricky. Firefly Home Published: February Help Florence Firefly find her way home in this beautiful, neon-coloured interactive picture book.
A Bear is a Bear Published: November A funny rhyming romp about an adorably baffled bear with an identity crisis. Published: October Everyone wants to get their paws on this pie, but - oh me, oh my! The Knight Who Said No! Published: October Ned the knight always does as he's told. Stardust Published: September A heart-warming tale, by award-winning author Jeanne Willis, about a little girl who longs for her chance to shine.
What's Next Door? Published: April Help Carter, the crocodile hero of bestselling Open Very Carefully, find his way home in this interactive picture book. The Prince and the Pee Published: March A pant-wettingly funny tale, perfect for anyone whoever forgot to 'go' before leaving the house Hush-A-Bye Bunny Published: February A perfect bedtime book for comforting sleepy little bunnies who don't like been left alone when it's time to turn the lights out.
Goldilocks and the Three Potties Published: February Even fairy-tale characters have to go through potty training! The Treasure of Pirate Frank Published: January A pirate treasure-hunt adventure full of fun and surprises, the perfect picture book for every little adventurer. Neon Leon Published: January Help Leon the chameleon find the perfect match in this neon-coloured, interactive picture book!
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We Love Dinosaurs Published: February A vibrant celebration of dinosaurs in all shapes and sizes! Dinosaur Pirate Published: January Join everyone's favourite band of dinosaurs as they set sail on the high seas in search of treasure. Love Published: January Exploring the loving relationship between animal parents and their babies, and featuring a tenderly-told rhyming text and heartwarming illustrations, these beautifully designed, padded picture books will be become firm bedtime favourites.
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Baby That Roared Published: April Mr and Mrs Deer would love to have a baby, and one day their wish comes true: they find a little antlered bundle on their doorstep.
Who Woke the Baby? Owl Wants to Share at Moonlight School Published: February A gentle, reassuring tale which is perfect for all little ones who are about to start school. Cinderella Published: January From acclaimed illustrator Ed Bryan, this magical retelling of the world's favourite fairy tale is perfect for sharing with the very young.
Jack and the Beanstalk Published: January From acclaimed illustrator Ed Bryan, this magical retelling of the world's favourite fairy tale is perfect for sharing with the very young. Little Red Riding Hood Published: January From acclaimed illustrator Ed Bryan, this magical retelling of the world's favourite fairy tale is perfect for sharing with the very young. Love Always Everywhere Published: January A joyful, inspirational book that celebrates love in its many forms. Littleland: All Year Round Published: January Designed to stimulate speech and build vocabulary, this busy book is full of familiar scenes and fascinating detail.
The Three Little Pigs Published: January This hilarious and beautiful retelling of the classic children's fairy tale is sure to get everyone in the family giggling. The Fairiest Fairy Published: November A charming rhyming story with an uplifting message about a fairy called Betty who never quite seems to get things right. Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights Published: November Another fabulously funny picture book for every little girl who knows that she can save the day better than any boy!
Big Monster Snoreybook Published: November With masses of monsters to spot and an awesome onomatopoeic text, this is a book that will be enjoyed over and over again. Princess Penelope and the Runaway Kitten Published: October With sparkly glitter on every page, this tactile treat from a new picture book talent follows Princess Penelope's search for her mischievous kitten. Snow Bunny's Christmas Gift Published: October From the creator of the highly-acclaimed Snow Bunny's Christmas Wish comes this brand new tale about the little bunny with a big heart, and the true gift of friendship.
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Dinosaur Rescue! Published: January Dinosaurs, rescue vehicles and adventure combine in this absolutely winning picture book. The Princess and the Presents Published: January A comic tale for pampered princesses everywhere, from the best-selling creators of The Princess and the Peas.
Captain Beastlie's Pirate Party Published: August With buckets of yuck appeal and a cast of larger than life characters, this laugh-out-loud, rip-roaring romp of a pirate story is packed with dynamic illustrations from award-winning illustrator Chris Mould. Troll Swap Published: July A warm and witty picture book about a young girl and a troll who both feel a bit out of place. Spells-A-Popping, Granny's Shopping Published: June The third hilarious adventure in this picture book series about a little girl whose Granny is shhh, whisper it!
Littleland: All Day Long Published: March Designed to stimulate speech and build vocabulary, this busy book is full of familiar scenes and fascinating detail. Pip and Posy: The Big Balloon Published: February The fourth book of a series about the dramas of toddler life created by Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo which has sold more than two million copies world-wide.
Just Right for Two Published: January A beautiful, heartwarming picture book celebrating the importance of friendship. Pip and Posy: the Scary Monster Published: November A paperback edition of a Pip and Posy story about the dramas of toddler, life created by Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo which has sold more than two million copies world-wide. Open Very Carefully Published: October What would you do if you were settling down for a quiet bedtime story and you realised that a crocodile had fallen out of one story and into yours and was - not to put too fine a point on it - furious?
Whizz, Pop, Granny Stop! Published: October There is more trouble afoot for the little girl whose granny is still whisper it a witch, whom we first met in Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble. Guinea Pig Party Published: September Count to ten and back again with the world's sweetest guinea pigs at a party featuring presents, cakes and games galore!
Dinosaur Zoom Published: June The dinosaurs are back and this time they're revving, roaring and racing. The Princess and the Peas Published: June For royally fussy eaters everywhere, a wittily told rhyming take on a classic fairytale. Goldilocks and Just the One Bear Published: February Many years have passed since Goldilocks caused chaos at the Bears' house in the woods, but what happens when Little Bear as was wanders out of his fairytale and into the big city where Goldilocks now lives?
Just Right For Christmas Published: November Rhythmical writing and vibrant, energetic pictures bring to life this lovely story with a Christmas message that giving is as fun as receiving. Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble Published: October If your granny was a little bit, well, different from other grannies, would you want to change her? Dinosaur Dig!
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Top Ten Most Beautifully Illustrated Picture Books by Adriana Fortier
Posted by CBethM on August 13, 2016 in Top Ten Lists | 20 Comments
I love reading picture books. They are not long or hard to get through, and have the added bonus of gorgeous illustrations that focus my attention. The best illustrations do not limit your imagination, but give you something to begin with. This list is a collection of picture books with beautiful illustrations that are complimented with good stories.
Home (2015) by Carson Ellis
“Home might be a house in the country, an apartment in the city, or even a shoe. Home may be on the road or the sea, in the realm of myth, or in the artist’s own studio. A meditation on the concept of home.”
Though the writing in this book is simplistic, the illustrations are amazing thanks to Carson Ellis’ indie-folk style. In each page there is a bit of red, which draw the reader’s eye through the flowing, greyish passages.
Wild (2013) by Emily Hughes
“You cannot tame something so happily wild.”
The illustrations in this book are light but woven with rich patterns mostly consisting of greens, pinks, yellows and purples. These illustrations help build and embellish the story.
Imelda & The Goblin King (2015) by Briony May Smith
“Far away behind the hills a girl called Imelda lives beside a fairy forest. Every day she ventures into the forest to play with her fairy friends. But within the deepest, darkest depths of the trees lives the worst creature of all—the Goblin King!”
This book is a little bit like a comic with speech bubbles here and there and commonly compared with Enemy Pie. The color palette for this book is playful and vivid with its bright yellows and reds, giving it a fantasy feel.
A River (2015) by Marc Martin
“There is a river outside my window. Where will it take me?”
A dense and colorful book about a girl’s imaginary journey, floating down a river through different landscapes. The illustrations bring the book to life while still keeping you aware that it’s all imaginary.
Pool (2015) by JiHyeon Lee
“What happens when two shy children meet at a very crowded pool?”
An airy and refreshing wordless book that takes place in a pool with a palette of reds and blues. The illustrations give you just what you need to imagine your own story.
Sonya’s Chickens (2015) by Phoebe Wahl
“Sonya discovers that one of her hens has disappeared. What happened to her? When Sonya discovers the answers, she learns some important truths about the interconnectedness of nature and the true joys and sorrows of caring for another creature.”
This mixed-media book is intricately designed, giving it a dimension that invites readers into this new world and entices them to look around.
Orani: My Father’s Village (2011) by Claire A. Nivola
“As a child, Claire Nivola loved summers in Orani, the village where her father grew up and where her many aunts, uncles, and 50 cousins still lived. She ran freely through the town’s cobbled streets with packs of cousins, who quizzed her about America-”
The bright style of this picture book gives a feeling of life in an island village. You are given pages so full of imagery that you can find something new each time you look at them.
The Dove (1993) by Dianne Stewart, illustrated by Jude Daly
“A visiting dove provides the answer to Grandmother Maloko’s financial problems when floodwaters destroy her crops and she must rely on the sale of her homemade jewelry.”
The water-based media used to illustrate this book create both light and dark backgrounds and contribute to a wonderful atmosphere. Though the paintings are flat, they never lack detail.
Snow-white and the Seven Dwarfs (1972) by Jacob and Willhelm Grimm, illustrated by Nancy E. Burkert
“Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was as black as ebony.”
These illustrations are absolutely stunning. More realistic than most children’s’ books, but still keeping the element of fantasy. These illustrations are very detailed and a beautiful way to bring Snow White to a picture book.
Rechenka’s Eggs (1996) by Patricia Polacco
“Old Babushka, known throughout all of Moskva for her beautifully painted eggs, is preparing her eggs for the Easter Festival when she takes in an injured goose. She names the goose Rechenka, and they live happily together until one day when Rechenka accidentally overturns a basket, breaking all of Babushka’s lovingly crafted eggs.”
These illustrations stand against white backgrounds, allowing the viewer to focus on the main characters and enjoy the foreground details and beautiful patterns.
Adriana Fortier is a 14 year old who probably reads too much. She also plays her violin and ukulele, sings Hamilton, writes, and creates ‘sets’. She lives with her two siblings and parents in Florida.
Illustrated picture books
My Little Pony Illustrated picture books (licensed by Hasbro) are storybooks based on the show, featuring original artwork, and published by Little, Brown and Company. Compared to the series' chapter books, they are released infrequently and marketed toward younger readers.
Under the Sparkling Sea
"This gorgeous illustrated picture book features a brand-new My Little Pony underwater adventure, and includes an exclusive art poster!
When Twilight Sparkle receives an invitation to visit the underwater city of Aquastria, she invites all her pony friends and Spike to travel with her. The ponies are welcomed by the ruler of Aquastria, King Leo, who sits on the Cosmic Council alongs >[1]
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