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An allegory about the fragility of our planet, this classic kids' book uses Dr. Seuss's signature whimsy to introduce kids to the idea of being good caretakers of our home. Reach for the opportunities that come your way—they might change your life. This books shows how amazing things can happen when you just take a chance. This silly fable about a dinosaur going to school with humans teaches a serious lesson—if you want friends, treat them how you want to be treated—and encourages little ones to start by not eating their peers.

The lyrical prose in this beautiful book encourages to love themselves for exactly who they are: As Pete the Cat shows his new friend around the neighborhood, they both discover that just because you can't do what your friends can do, doesn't mean you don't have your own special talents. In Can I Play Too? Plus the open and accepting friendship between Elephant and Piggie is goals. Main menu Open search menu. I Walk with Vanessa: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss An allegory about the fragility of our planet, this classic kids' book uses Dr.

Higgins This silly fable about a dinosaur going to school with humans teaches a serious lesson—if you want friends, treat them how you want to be treated—and encourages little ones to start by not eating their peers. The abandoned summer cabins are there on the swamp that used to be a lake but I don't remember the lights. See the Solved Mysteries for more.

Harcourt Brace and World, Ex-library edition with usual marks and edgewear, but interior and dust jacket both very clean. Harcourt, , , Alison Farthing, The Mystical Beast. This is the one! Check it out in the solved stumpers. The Junior Classics The stories you mention are all in the ten volume Junior Classics,complete with the unuusual endings, and the tenth volume is an index. My set is more colorful than you describe, though. They were given away with Collier's Encyclopedias in the s and s.

I loved this book as a kid! The twins, Sara and Beth, are from a poor family that has recently moved to a cold climate from a warm one. Their family can only afford one new coat for the girls, so they take turns going to school, pretending to be one girl named Sara Beth. Another girl at school figures out their secret by noting inconsistencies in their behavior, which as you said, changes constantly. For instance, one of the girls loves the class pet, a guinea pig, and her twin is afraid of it.

Englishwoman goes to France in search of family history Book from my school library--must have been s or early '60s. Middle-aged, unmarried Englishwoman goes to France searching for family history from clue in old photo album--picture of a girl in a garden restaurant? She got a new dress made by sister seamstresses and learned about father's past.

Dorothy Durand goes to France in search of her father's family following clues in her father's photo album. She eventually meets up with her cousins who are ribbon makers in Saint Etienne. The dress is made for her cousin Catherine before she sets off on a round the world trip. Johanna Johnston, Edie Changes her Mind , , copyright. You were close - these are the "Edie" books by Johanna Johnston apparently written about her own little girl.

Then there's Fish , also titled A Boy Called Fish , by Alison Morgan , Chatto about a boy whose birthday, school desk, and even name belong to someone else, and the dog he cares for. Another very long shot all I know about this book is the title, and that it was set in post-Revolution New York, and is a book for young people. This is definitely a book called "The Little Countess". I read it in the early 60's. It's actually Fish's elder sister who inherits the title from a distant relative and becomes the "little countess", but the book is more about Fish - Felicity Imogen Stanley Holmes.

They were poor and are suddenly rich! If anyone can supply the author's name? Frances Cowen , The Little Countess , Wonder how it would read today???? Louisa May Alcott, Flower Fables. A collection of six original fairy tales written by the acclaimed Louisa May Alcott. These stories are part of a large body of fantasy fiction the author wrote throughout her career.

Each story features adventures of elves and fairy sprites in fairyland and are imbued with the lushness of Alcott's love of the natural world. Each story is between 12 and 18 pages with full page illustrations. Not the same book, but a similar idea - perhaps a series? On the right side the boards unfold again to reveal pop-up castle. In a separate envelope are paper cut-out characters to go along with all the stories. Paper engineering by Ib Penick. F28 fairy tale figurines: We have this book somewhere in our family!

On the opposite page were little nursery rhymes stories associated with each scene. My nan gave this book to one of my cousins so I'll email her and find out the name and publisher! I'm looking for a copy myself! Fairykins Story Book, After much searching I think I found the book the original poster was looking for. It was made by Marx and an image can be seen here. This possibility The Cherrys on Indoor Island by Will Scott , published by Brock Books in England, "The 'happenings' in the Cherrys books could be those of any family - and the neighbours join in.

On this wet day the house becomes a desert island crowded with incidents! One of Lois Lenski' s more obscure titles is " Flood Friday. I haven't read it, but I have seen the TV version. The plot concerns a pioneer brother and sister who are left alone on the family farm while their father takes their mother into town to have a baby. While they are gone, there is a huge flood and the children't home washes away down river. Champ is left to guard the farm, the river floods, and a mountain lion menaces the farm animals.

No idea if there are children at home as well, though. According to a review, the main character is a boy alone, the story is set in the s, and he is "left in charge of a Wisconsin farm house which is swept away down the Mississippi with him inside it. So he thought until he discovered a mountain lion caged in by a fallen tree at one end of the house. F36 fairies take girl: Tinkler the elf acts as guide and Joan makes some wonderful discoveries. Haldeman, Linda , The Lastborn of Elvinwood , English actor Ian James follows his local vicar into a wood, discovers a tribe of tiny faerie folk dwelling there, and is charged by Oberon to aid in finding a bride for the last prince of Faerie -- a task which may involve facing down Merlin himself, and casting a spell over the infant daughter of a visiting American family.

I'm not positive, but this sounds like The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood. A young girl moves with her mother to a trailer in the woods and I think visits fairies when she falls asleep. The cover has a picture of a tree or tree stump made into a fairy house. At any rate, it's a charming story and worth checking out. Part of the description reminds me of a chapter from E. So began the strange adventure of a youth caught between two words existing simultaneously on the banks of an English river: Stephen and classmate Mary Silver soon found themselves able to leave and enter the 'brave new world' but ultimately had to make a choice - to live there permanently or to stay in a world of indifferent or nagging parents, and school examinations.

It seems to be the same book that I am diligently searching for.

The story of the ill mother was about the big or little dipper. The theme of many stories were of how things "became" like the story of spring? If memory serves me well, Midas and the Golden Touch was included, and there was the story of the little pine tree whose needles became something else. I can almost see the beautiful illustrations but too vaguely to describe. It was a favorite book to trace from! I also remember a story of Anderson's Red Cap. I just stumbled onto this site which is simply fantastic.

I have been glued here all night and have decided to move in. Back to reading the posts! I believe it is Folk Tales Children Love. Safe tomorrow Barbara Leonie Picard. I'm guessing this is a collection by Barbara Leonie Picard. She wrote The Faun and the Woodcutter's Daughter , but the other stories aren't in the book by that name which are all original stories by her.

However, she did also retell a lot of fairy tales and legends as well as write her own, so it's quite possible she's got a collection out there that contains them all.

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A more traditional collection by someone else wouldn't include The Faun and the Woodcutter's Daughter , however which is what I'm pretty sure the first story is. I am looking for the same book. The book also has a wonderful story about a male spider trying to entice a shy female fly into his web.

I cherished this book as a child and would also love to find it. F48 funny animal poems: Enid Blyton, Mary Mouse series. They were small strip books with thin card covers approx 8 inches long by about 3 inches high with 2 boxed line drawings to a page with text underneath. They are very collectible now. Carved from clothes-pins, the Pegmen become animated and go on a sea voyage. Any chance this is Elves and Fairies? This book had beautiful fairy's on the cover.

I believe there is fire in the center with female fairies flying around it. The story about the spider inviting the fly into his parlour is the only story I remember. Thanks for the prompt reply!!! Howitt, Mary, The Spider and the Fly poem only.

I don't know the exact book the poster is looking for, but the poem about the spider and the fly is in many collections and can be read here. Treasury of Stories and Verse no author or editor Gallery Books The first or third may be a lead! This might be it! Fairies on cover and The Spider and the Fly covers 4 pages, lavishly illustrated. Treasury of Stories and Verse Gallery Books.

It seems to be a collection drawing from three earlier sources: He gets accidentally abandoned by his family because he's so slow to follow them at anything they practically forget he exists. He has to fend for himself and takes up with the creatures at a pond, including three forgetful frogs, who inspire him to pull himself together and stop being so lazy so he won't wind up as backward as them, maybe? He gives them names, since they have none, and tries to be their teacher. He finds his family eventually. If you put Percival and frog in Google you get over items, so I decided not to take the time to see if by any chance it would yield the answer to F What other word could we add?

Bill Brittain, The Wishgiver , I haven't read this book in a long time, so if it doesn't work out, you might also want to try looking for the many variations of Bearskin. These are collections of short stories, but the one you're looking for might be in them. In any case, they're wonderful. I remember a book about a girl who went to boarding school. It sticks out in my mind because I seem to remember that the main character was not quite perfect, in fact, there were sticky issues in the book.

Beth Gutcheon, The New Girls , Not a match, but maybe would be satisfying to you. This one comes a bit later, and does not have the blue radio incident, but has many other similarities. Here is the synopsis from HarperCanada Books: The New Girls is a resonant, engrossing novel about five girls during their formative prep-school years in the tumultuous mid-sixties.

Into their reality of first-class trips to Europe, resort vacations, and deb parties enter the Vietnam War, the women's movement, and the sexual revolution. As the old traditions collide with the new society, the girls lose their innocence, develop a social conscience, and discover their sexuality -- blossoming into women shaped by their turbulent times. I appreciate the information and now know what to look for. It's about a troll who is angry because a group of boys has started fishing in his lake and they've taken all the fish.

The water has turned slimy and the troll isn't happy living in his lake anymore. Grandma Troll gives him "fifty fresk frisky fish" from her lake to restock his lake, and he returns the bikes and fishing poles that the boys abandoned when he scared them away. The kids promise not to take too many fish and not to litter, and the troll promises not to scare them anymore. Could this possibly be the book you're looking for?? The main character, I'd like to say was a troll, but it could have easily been a different made-up creature though.

He was pictured on the front of the book too. Could've been a she too. I remember it was smaller than a picture book- novel size I guess. There were probably only 5 drawings in the whole book. I have a feeling this is going to be a rare story that not that many people know about. I'm pretty sure he was a 'nice guy' he could've been sad too. And then of course there's the part that I remember the best- these are the only 2 parts I remember, my whole class loved it when the teacher read it though, which was odd, because usually children, younger ones anyway, need more pictures than what this book had to keep their attention, we loved that book!

I remember the whole class would all yell the name of the main character together- if only I could remember what that was? At first he was scared, then he finds he can breathe how this all comes about, I don't remember The feeling I got each time she read it to us I love books was that when the "troll" went underwater it was safe, quiet? This was probably an easy reader, beginning chapter book.

It's possible that it might be a part of a collection of stories somewhere, not too likely though. Thanks for listening to me! In response to The Troll Who Lived in the Lake - It's possible that this is my book, …I don't remember any trash or environmental issues…but it's possible. I guess I would have to get the book first and read it through to find out…I know that if I read a whole book and not just an excerpt I would know if it was my book or not.

I'll let you know, and thanks soooo much for taking the time out to help me with my stumper!! Those books are aimed at adults, not children, and Don Camillo didn't ride a donkey. Those books were very political and mature, and not aimed at children, plus Don Camillo didn't ride a donkey. But the reader may be conflating a couple of different books. Just be sure to get the English language edition!

The pictures I remember best are the cat's eyes and the headlights. However, maybe you could inter-library loan it through your library to make sure it's the right one. This seems like a likely prospect -- Mr. At long last they discover a lovely green isle and decide to settle in its single beautiful valley-already, mysteriously, equipped with huts ready for occupation. There is a reprint commonly available at a reasonable price. Lillian Beckwith, The Hills is Lonely, This site might help.

Marian Cockrell, Shadow Castle, Long shot, but could this be Shadow Castle? It is a girl, not a boy, but she does go out in the woods and after a tunnel and some other things, meets a fairy and "travels" through his stories into a land of fairy royalty. Simon and Schuster, New York. Pictures by Garth Williams. One of the stories in this oversize 13" x 10" anthology meets this description. Does you remember illustrations? This book is lavishly and beautifully illustrated. See Most Requested Books.

Not sure but Mistress Masham's Repose by T. Someone sent in a solution to another stumper that sounds vaguely reminiscent of this one, though the person who owns the house is a woman, not a man: Caliper, who was so very friendly that she invited everyone who came along to live in her house. Rooms were added for the farmer, the milkmaid, the small boy Peter, and at last for the old lighthouse keeper. Finally rooms had to be built on top of the house, which made it possible to expand almost indefinitely. At least, not in the recent reprint. I think the stories were compiled by another editor.

I too loved that book and repeatedly checked it out from my local library over very many years. I would love to have a copy in my book collection. I hope you find your book. The illustrations are as described and all the stories mentioned are in this book. Sleeping Beauty DOES have a dark coda; when the prince turned king goes off to war, his mother an ogress by birth decides she wants to EAT the little grandchildren and asks the cook to prepare them a day apart , but is fooled by the cook with a lamb and a goat. Then the ogress decides she wants to eat the queen and the cook serves her a deer.

One day, the ogress discovers the hidden queen and her children alive and decides to kill them in a basin of snakes, vipers, toads and spiders. Her son returns home and the ogress jumps into the basin instead. It takes place in the Southwest, crossing over into Mexico, apparently.

I remember the sometimes colorful illustrations of pinatas, a bell tower, a ringtail, a kangaroo rat, a boat and market filled with flowers, maybe a beggar. In the end Gordo happens upon a cornfield, and it turns out that ears of corn were the "golden treasure" of his father. I'm not certain this is the book that you are looking for because I haven't had time to finish reading it.

However, there are fairies and elves, etc. It's about a boy who is taken to a magic land in a soap bubble.

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F, the book was large with a smooth illustrated board with a white background, illustrated on the back cover as well? Were the coloured cloths bits of spiders webs coloured by sky and sunlight? No story as I recall, just pictures - if there was any text it was minimal and in the full page illustrations.

Also fairies riding in a cart pulled by? I don't know anything about the books in question, but the illustration sounds like it could be from "Snow White and Rose Red. They were fairy tales and the covers are along the lines of what's described, though I don't recall the exact one mentioned. Some of them are in print but others are not. Jenny Seed, Peter the Gardener. I haven't read it since I was a child, and can't remember if it contains the phrase you mention. Well, Peter the Gardener wasn't published till I found another possibility, though: Peter and Penny plant a garden by Gertrude Dubois , published , pp.

I found this description. Maybe it will help jog your memory or rule it out. A story format for a garden for pre-teens. I remember this story-believe it was Japanese? Can't remember the title, sorry! There's a similar Japanese tale about a fairy princess found in a bamboo stalk. The famous Momotaro story is about a fisherman who catches a giant peach with a child in it, but here it's a boy. I do not have the book to check for you but your memory of the turquoise and orange illustrations HoJo's color scheme make me think of the Elson-Gray Readers that were used in the 's!

Another set of books to check out- Child Library Series , companion to the Elson-Gray set- same coloring- extends the lessons and vocab of the Basal reader. Locate Book One in this series as well. Hopefully one of these "seeds" will bear fruit! Fairy Tales , s. This is the title of the book, and I would love to have a copy if it's available.

It was published by Whitman in and has a glossy hard cover with some of the characters from the stories on it, most prominently Puss in Boots and a castle in the background. While it has some of your stories- not all are present-- However at the back of the book they list some of their other offerings. Maybe this one is worth checking out!

Anderson, Hans Christian, Thumbelina , I haven't been able to locate my copy to confirm this, but my memory is that the Tenggren depictions of the little flower people at the end of the book one of whom, the king, Thumbelina ends up marrying had them sporting fairy-like wings and wearing little upside-down flowers on their heads. I bet this is the book the requester recalls. This is F e-mailing you with a bit more info about the book I'm longing to find. I'm remembering that the little fairies were sitting by a tree with a door in it.

I wonder if it might be this old favourite about a bunny named Pookie. There are certainly lots of fairies in the story and there is an illustration of a tree trunk opening into a little room. It has recently been republished after years out of print. Sorry, can't name book but F and F I think both of these might be looking for the same thing. 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.

I don't remember the raft or the map but the rest sounds the same. I haven't read this book and can't find an online synopsis, but the title and date certainly match. I hope it's the book you're looking for!

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Sorry, it is not Hubbell's The Friendship Tree I remember it as a fairly large book, maybe 9x12 with about 40 pages or so. Colored pictures to the edges of the pages and about 6 - 10 lines of text on each page. I have found three authors using the title but they are all novels, not children's books. Thank you so much for trying to help. From the lack of recognition, I'm afraid this might be a lost cause even with someone else on this list looking for the same book. 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. I am the original poster and it is highly possible that this is from a Canadian publisher as my mother was Canadian and brought this book with her when the family moved to the States.

Hey, that's three whole people who remember this book! 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. Friendship Valley is definitely the book being sought! A group of small animals badger, woodchuck, racoon family, squirrel, hedgehog, and frog escape a forest fire by floating downstream on a raft.

They rescue a kitten and establish a new home at the base of a large pine tree. Dorinda the squirrel loses all of her belongings by helping the racoons save their babies. When the key to their storehouse is lost at the bottom of the lake, Meedlepoo the frog, who is too small to do much work, saves the day, leading the badger to conclude "that the smallest one among us is just as needed as the biggest one. Norma Kassirer, Magic Elizabeth. Could this be it? Sally is sent to live with her Aunt Sarah while her parents are away. She find a diary written by another Sally who lived in the house when it was new in the Victorian era and talks about her doll, Elizabeth who she thinks is magic.

The modern Sally is somehow tranported back to the Victorian Sally's time and lives the episodes out of the diary. Eventually this leads the modern Sally to find the doll , Elizabeth, in the present.

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Elisabeth Lansing, Lulu's Window. I think you are looking for Lulu's Window. Young girl has to move to a new town and new house with her father who is a minister. She doesn't want to move, and is treated meanly by other girls in the town who are unhappy that she has replaced "Lulu" the little girl who previously lived in the house. She finds Lulu's diary, and eventually Lulu's secret room and makes friends with the local girls. I'm actually suggesting 2 books: Six Days Between a Second is the first, published , but the title of the sequel sounds closer to what's being sought.

The blurb for the first "Would you recognize a basilisk if you saw one? And what would you do if you discovered that a tribe of them had come to live in your district and was threatening to poison the water supply? The place is Canberra, where the Collard children are faced with the problem of saving the city from extinction. With the help of other creatures - unicorns, fabulous bees and dolphins and, best of all, Burleigh the Gryphon, they There could be something wrong with their fantasy world, which older children and adults will realise is not so far removed frou their own contemporary Australian one.

The endpapers of the second book have memorable spectrum-tinted maps. Check out the Anthology Finder to see if there are any other possibilities there. World's Best Fairy Tales. Beginning in it also appeared as 2 volumes. While the cover doesn't really match the description of the vines and people hiding, all the stories you mentioned are in this book. I don't know what the endpapers look like. I found lots of copies for sale online, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding a picture of the cover to compare to your memory.

Here's a complete contents list from the edition. It should be the same as the later editions. The description says it's 29 cm long, which is about right, and Doubleday has book clubs though I'm not sure if they're affiliated with any of the clubs that sell in the schools. Barker produced several illustrated books of fairies in costumes that rather cleverly mimicked different flowers.

She was English, and I believe she is much better known in the UK. I loved this book as a kid, and can even still recite some of the poems from the facing pages opposite the illustrations. Barker, Cicely Mary, A flower fairy alphabet , Blackie London published an issue of A flower fairy alphabet in I found a book that had 3 of your four stories, as well as several unusual titles.

Are you sure The Selfish Giant was in your book? If so, this isn't the one you're looking for. Unfortunately, "Folk Tales" does not seen to be the book I am looking for. I immediately thought of this book when I read your post. There are many unusual fairy tales found in this plus some more adult versions of some familiar ones like Sleeping Beauty. I found a site with a list of the titles that I'll try to paste here: The Selfish Giant isn't listed but I'm sure this is what you are remembering. The original books had the most beautiful illustrations, woodcuts I believe.

My library had about 6 or 7 in the series and I absolutely loved them. I hope this is what you are looking for. Don't have any for-sure answer on this, but I would be looking at the various "Alfred Hitchcock" story collections if I were you. There were AH's tales of mystery, AH scary stories, etc. They were bound as oversize hardcovers and aimed at juvenile audiences, but had many scary moments. I definitely remember that story oh, by the way, it WAS the cat, not the sister Wish I had more info hope this helps a bit.

The farmer starts out giving each animal something special since it is his birthday. It is also not Gale, Leah. The animals of Farmer Jones. Golden no copyright or publication date given. Angela Carter, Heroes and Villains. I've only skimmed Heroes and Villains many years ago , but the plotline described here rings a bell. There's a synopsis here. A Very Private Life. Could it be A Very Private Life?

The plot sounds pretty accurate, about a girl called Uncumber who leaves her home I unfortunately can't recall the title, but it had a similar plot. It was fairly dark though He gave her pretty clothes and jewels and I think a pet bird, but when she gets sick as all the shanty town residents eventually do because of radiation she goes home again. Oxenbury, Helen, Pig Tale , Yes, I know this is older than the requester posted, and it doesn't have any character named Fletcher in it, but please look at it anyway. The similarities are such that perhaps your poster is remembering it and another book they had.

Hans Wilhelm, Pirates Ahoy! This Parents Magazine Press selection is the delightful book described here. Fletcher yes, a pig , on a slow morning on the farm finds an old wagon that the animals pretend is a pirate ship. They crash it into an apple tree and spy a bus coming down the road. They commandeer it, all get ice cream but decide it isn't fast enough. SO, they find a fire engine. They come to a circus, so they climb up the firetruck's ladder and fall into the tent, where they stage their own circus.

But they decide they still need a ship, so they find an airplane. They do a few loops turning green and looking ill , then crash into a mud puddle, right back on the farm, where they get bored again. The illustrations are adorable; I love the bored animals lazing around one pig standing on his nose on the fence!! In their version the bear is a prince who has been bewitched, and can be a prince only for part of each day. After some failed attempts with her older sisters, he gets the youngest princess in a kingdom to go with him, but is separated from her.

She undertakes journeys to try to get back with him and is eventually successful, so the curse is overcome. Both stories include many element which can be found in many folk tales, fairy tales and legends from many cultures, however. I've been doing an exhaustive search for the version - I think that's the one my grandmother handed down. Can't find that version, so I can't verify for sure. Margery Bianco, The Good Friends , , copyright.

It is a chapter book but has many illustrations. The animals all have personalities and are helped by a girl named Mary. They hide from a Humane Society officer and the horses hire themselves out to earn food. I happened to be looking for the same book as F I don't think you found the right book. The book this individual is talking about was published in England I believe. I was a child living there when I read it. I read it in the early 60s. It was a smaller picture book, probaby 6 by 9 inches. I think the drawings were in brown ink. The publisher published a number of children's books along this same model.

It's a very sweet story about a group of somewhat lame older animals that all pitch in. The horse digs the hole, the pig picks up the plant gently. They all get worn out and sore. I am sure it's out of print. Well, just thought I'd flesh it out for whoever submitted the request. Nila Mack, Let's Pretend , This sounds like Let's Pretend again! See the Solved Mysteries for more info.

I don't own a copy of this out of print book, and I can't find a detailed online synopsis, but I think that this may be the one you're looking for. Here's what I remember.

Elizabeth is the youngest child in her family. She is clumsy, easily distracted, uncertain, and is still riding a tricycle because she can't balance on a bicycle. When a Christmas presentation to an elderly relative goes awry Elizabeth drops the gift and it shatters , she is given the Fairy Doll from the top of the tree. She makes the doll a home and the doll gives her the confidence she needs to succeed at various endeavors. It was also reprinted in with illustrations by Penny Ives. If the illustrations are important to you, you'll probably want the original version.

I had this story in a collection of four stories about dolls by Rumer Godden. I don't remember what the story was called, but two of the other stories in the book were Impunity Jane and The Story of Holly and Ivy. I think it might have been called something like The Fairy Doll.

I think the doll is actually a Christmas ornament and I think she belonged to the little girl's grandmother. The little girl is the youngest in her family and feels she isn't good at anything. She is also clumsy and her siblings pick on her about this. I was given this book in England in the late 80's.

It was paperback with a red cover, possibly a Penguin book. Rumer Godden, The Fairy Doll. Might be this one- a little girl is given the fairy doll off the top of the Christmas tree. She plays with it and makes a little home for it. It gives her confidence to learn how to rider her bike and become more independent. Elizabeth is the youngest of four and feels like she can't do anything like riding her bike or getting her schoolwork right , until she starts taking care of the Fairy Doll and gains some confidence.

She does make her a house in her bicycle basket. Rumer Godden, Fairy Doll. I'm pretty sure this is it. Elizabeth is the youngest in her family. She's also the clumsiest and least confident of her cruel siblings. Then she's given the Fairy Doll from the Christmas Tree. As she cares for the doll, creating a miniature world, she gains confidence and learns to ride her bike. Eleanor Frances Lattimore, Fair Bay.

I used to have this book and I recall the dustjacket as being just as described here. The storyline fits, too. I landed at this web page because I too am looking for the same poem about a feather. As I recall it went something like "If you find a little feather, a pretty white feather, a soft and tickley feather, pick it up and put it in your pocket.

A feather is a letter from a bird that says think of me, remember me always or at least until the little feather is gone" And I do think it was in a childrens lit book because I was in college at Cal State Long Beach at the time and the book belonged to a friend at school. This was in The poem is by beatrice schenk de regniers and is in zoo!

Described as 'devotions for families with small children', each one-page story had an illustration and suggestions for parents and children to discuss the moral of each story. Elizabeth Gordon, Loraine and the Little People series. These books were originally published in the 's, but were re-issued by Rand McNalley in the 's. Titles include "Loraine and the Little People" illus.

These beautifully illustrated books feature short stories about a young girl named Loraine and her tiny fairy friends. Depending on which print you had, the cover illustration may have had a picture of the witch who turned into a brilliant green serpent and threatened the two children. Also, the second book you are thinking of could be another of the series The Chronicles of Narnia, such as The Last Battle Unfortunately, that solution that was offered is most certainly NOT the answer to my query.

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I know the Silver Chair story well, and the book I was looking for is not a second world Fantasy story.. Futuristic City, space ships, etc, etc etc And the serpent was coming out of a long grass swamp As per my description, the books were short 30 pages maybe , not anywhere as long as even the shortest Narnia book. Carolyn Haywood, Snowbound with Betsy. It's on the Solved Mysteries page as well. Haywood, Carolyn, Snowbound with Betsy. Betsy, Star and their parents have unexpected guests just before Christmas, when a mother and her two children are stranded in town during a blizzard and Betsy's parents take them in.

The story kept me so enthralled the first time I read the book that I distinctly remember lying on the living room couch with the book in front of me. Richard Laymon , Sounds like it could be one of richard Laymon books, horror genre for adults and young adults. Quite full on but not my cuppa tea.

One of my all time favorite picture books. I recognized it instantly because of the excellent John O'Brien illustrations. It contains the Three Billy Goats Gruff, a story about a man who uses a pet bear to scare trolls, and a tale of the youngest woodcutter's son who squeezes cheese to outwit a troll. The illustrations are full of tiny Bosch-like details of little creatures who inhabit the hair and clothing of the main characters.

The illustrator also produced a coloring book of fantastic creatures that you might want to check out! Mel Ellis, Ironhead , The title is the name of an alligator that is part of the book as well as snake collecting and large rattlesnakes. Originally published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Reprint in paperback in the 's. The four kids are not happy about it, and their mother isn't too thrilled with the idea either.

The motor home breaks down in the middle of nowhere and the family has to figure out what to do. Because they have to work together, they become closer. In the second title, the Skinners have decided to spend some time maybe just the summer, maybe a year? There are two other books about the Skinners: I''m not giving a great description, but I do think these are the books in question!

Richard Powell author , Pioneer, Go Home. I think this must be the book you are looking for - the details fit, and if this isn't it, then RD must have put out 2 very, very similar stories right around the same time! Possibly the fairy tale board book series by Oscar Weigle and illustrated by T. Not all include Weigle's name.

They began before and ran for years. If there are other authors of fairy tale board book series done with puppet photos and holograms, please do tell - I'd like to track them down too. Fourteen stories as follows: Beautifully illustrated with the charming puppets of Tadasu Izawa and Shigemi Hijikata. A rare and expensive book.

Elizabeth Coatsworth, Runaway Home , I have a copy of that book, and while the Harding family's car does break down in the desert, they are only stranded for a few hours before help arrives. There is no lengthy survival ordeal of several days, nothing about sucking moisture from strips of cactus, collecting dew, eating crayons, or one of the boys making the long walk to get help.

The setting may have been slightly more recent - 's or 's possibly. Thank you for your help. On the WWW, I found one mention in a blog from someone else who remembers it, but it doesn't look as if RD has put up old stuff. I too remember this story, and as other person mentioned, I also believe it was a Readers Digest "Drama in Real Life" story. I remember that they were taking about which crayon colors tasted best when they were eating them.

I remember a "collecting dew on hubcabs" storyline and would've read it in the 60s Evan Wylie, Ordeal in the Desert, November Someone mentioned in in their blog here: This was definitely a Readers' Digest story. My wife and I both remember it vividly. I'm pretty certain it was Death Valley, and the people used the crayons as lipstick. I'm pretty sure also that the hubcap episode may also have been about their having to drink their own urine at some point.

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