Seeking Richard Scarry book containing 'Farmer Junco' story. [more inside]
posted by Blackwatch on Jun 8, 2009 - 11 answers

I had a book (not a picture book) as a kid that was titled something like 'The Greatest Man in the World' or 'The Greatest Man that Ever Lived', and it was a collection of stories that were like fairy tales, or fables. [more inside]
posted by Zaire on May 13, 2009 - 5 answers

Please help me find a 1970s children's book called something like 'Farmer Junkle'. [more inside]
posted by Blackwatch on Apr 6, 2009 - 5 answers

Name this children's book and TV series from the 80's...? It's Lord of the Flies meets Follyfoot. Kinda. [more inside]
posted by ticktockdoc on Sep 16, 2008 - 2 answers

Obscure book filter (and I mean really obscure)! [more inside]
posted by prk14 on Aug 14, 2008 - 3 answers

I was asked in France what's the first chapter book an American child reads on his or her own, and I didn't know whether there is one such book. Do you know of one or have any idea of the most likely titles?
posted by sevenstars on Jul 23, 2008 - 50 answers

the child otto falls down a hill, sprains his ankle, and then the situation gets worse. help me remember what children's book this scene is from? [more inside]
posted by phoeniciansailor on May 22, 2008 - 2 answers

I've written 2 children's books, now I'm looking for an illustrator. [more inside]
posted by allelopath on Feb 29, 2008 - 11 answers

Can anyone tell me the title (or author, ISBN #, any other info) of a children's alphabet book-probably published late-1960s or early 1970s, featuring fantastical creatures chasing other fantastical creatures? [more inside]
posted by MsElaineous on Aug 1, 2007 - 13 answers

Help me find a series of illustrated children's hardcover books from the 70s/80s about the upcoming technologies of "The Future" [more inside]
posted by Ryvar on Jul 10, 2007 - 11 answers

What children's book had one of the main characters, a boy, collect his spit in a bottle? It seems to me that at some point he tripped on the stairs and broke the bottle. I remember being utterly grossed out by this. I seem to recall it being a sort of a dramatic book, rather than light. As a side note, there may have been a bully in the book who was obsessed with airplanes, and possibly a brother and a sister who were obsessed with kingfishers, although it's entirely possible I'm describing three separate books.
posted by Addlepated on Oct 1, 2006 - 4 answers

Children's book search: Old woman lives on a house on hill with animals and it rains for weeks? [more inside]
posted by sulaine on Sep 12, 2006 - 5 answers

I wrote down a story that I made up and used to tell to my daughters at bedtime. I think it's really good, and that others would like it too. It would be my dream come true to have it published. [more inside]
posted by quietfish on Jan 13, 2006 - 17 answers

I read a book in school when I was in 1st or 2nd grade (around 1975). [more inside]
posted by shoos on Mar 25, 2005 - 5 answers