Comments on: Children's Book

Question: Children's Book

Carsey — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:12:27 -0800

I am trying to find an old book from my childhood (the 1960s): it involved a (possibly magical) bedspread and Sirius (the Dog Star). I remember lots of blues and greens in the illustrations, but not much else. Does this ring a bell? Can you help me find the title?

By: bim

bim — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:05:14 -0800

Perhaps?

By: chr1sb0y

chr1sb0y — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:49:49 -0800

If you get nothing here on AskMeFi, you'll probably be able to get an answer for $2 at Loganberry books Stump the Bookseller. They solved 2 of these that were driving me nuts last year.

By: nonane

nonane — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:03:54 -0800

I immediately thought of Diana Wynne Jones's Dogsbody, but it looks like that wasn't published till 1975.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:05:54 -0800

Can't help with the specific book, but can recommend the Fiction-L list as a better resource to start with than Stump the Bookseller. You get a host of librarians on an email list for free instead of one bookstore which takes money just to *submit* a question.

Looks like bim's book was published in 2002, so that can't be it.

By: bim

bim — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:59:58 -0800

Looks like bim's book was published in 2002, so that can't be it.

Dman good point! Obviously, nothing slips by me (LOL).