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I’m feeling nostalgic. As a child I read these limericks (the book had other literature outside of limericks) in a hardcover book and they had accompanying pictures: There was an Old Man with a Bear, A Tutor Who Tooted the Flute, There was a young lady of Niger. Does anyone know what book this might be?
little girl (possibly named Bea) loses her doll and finds it in a tree in the woods – possible that the doll is called Bea and not the little girl
Try this one: Doris Adelberg, Lizzie’s Twins.
I am looking for a book from the 1960s (possibly late 1950s). Two characters, a stuffed animal dog (?) and a doll (Susan?) got out of bed during the night and had adventures in the house including taking a bath in the kitchen sink and hanging their clothes on a wooden spoon. (I had never seen a wooden spoon before!) The book has color photographs, not illustrations. Very colorful photos! Another great photo is of the two characters pulling out the kitchen drawers to create “steps.” (I had never seen kitchen drawers from counter to floor before.) Oh, how I’d love to see this book again!
Odd request…I’m looking for a picture book my sister and I had in the late 1960s. The cover was purple and the illustrations were purple and black. It was about a little girl becoming a big sister. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi
I am trying to find a book which I read in the 1970s as a small child.
I’m assuming the book was from the 1950s or 1960s but it could well have been older.
The stories were very old and very traditional folk tales for children with lovely illustrations.
I think they were European as they’re not well known stories but weren’t as grim as Grim Fairy Tales!
One story was Dapplegrim.
Another story was about a young girl pushed out into the ice and snow by her cruel sisters to find fruit or flowers that weren’t in season.
She came across the twelve months of the year who were all sitting in a circle in the forest. They each in turn brought the season she asked for so that she could survive and return home.
In the end her sisters went looking for the seasons but couldn’t find them and died in the snow.
The young girl obviously then lived happy ever after.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Many thanks
Joanna
Quick guess that it was an edition of East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The D’Aulaires did a version of this that would have been available in the 1970’s, so I would start with that. If that’s not it, you could look at older editions.
Except that the D’Aulaires’ East of the Sun doesn’t have the story about the twelve months, so that seems to rule it out.
Found this on Loganberry’s Solved Books pages. The original poster said that their book included Dapplegrim and The Twelve Months.
IT MUST BE MAGIC by Miriam Blanton Huber and Frank Seely Salisbury, illustrared by Florence and Margaret Hoopes.( Row,Peterson and Company) 1953 (mine is a 1957 printing) It is stated this is Book Four of the Wonder-Story Books, A Unit of the Reading Foundations Program. That would make it part of the Alice and Jerry Reading curriculum, I believe. Perhaps an enrichment or supplementary reader! Yipee!! I’ll add a little additional info in case this is someone else’s much loved book! It does, indeed, begin with The Wonder Stone, followed by The Frog Prince, The Doll-in-the Grass, Mr. Possum, Ton Tit Tot, The Squire’s Bride, Good-Man on the Hillside, and Little Man in the Red Jacket. Eight more stories with Young Paul Bunyan being the last selection! Hope this helps others.
Thank you so much for this! It is definitely It Must Be Magic by Miriam Blanton Huber. I have just ordered a copy from Oxfam with a wizard standing on the front cover which is just what I remember! I really appreciate your help 🤗👍
Great!
I am looking for the title of a children’s book I loved in the 1950’s about a girl dancer who was in a wrist or arm cast and was at Jacob’s Pillow and helped to notify someone about a fire.
Janey and the Summer Dance Camp. Some page images here:
1950s Books-Janey and the Summer Dance Camp https://share.google/RSH7rb8B1OhjWWUKo .
Looking to identify a series of books from the 50s or 60s. I read them over and over again in the mid-sixties. Each series featured girls (sisters?) who competed in different disciplines: ballet, horse riding, ice skating (maybe?).