Name-that-book-Filter: Large-format children's book, all about colors [more inside]
posted by range on Dec 2, 2009 - 10 answers

YAWTBF (Yet Another "What's That Book?" Filter): I'm trying to find a book that I loved as a child (early '80s). The book was written from the perspective of a garter snake as he slithered around a little chunk of wilderness bordered by a road. [more inside]
posted by 256 on Nov 2, 2009 - 2 answers

I've recently begun work on a children's book. It is inspired by my granddaughter. I was wondering if anyone had any information on how to get a children's book published? Suggested Publishers? Also, any other information pertaining to this process, would be appreciated. ***I realize that children's books are a dime a dozen...but mine just might be spectacular ;)***
posted by gypseefire on Oct 17, 2009 - 4 answers

Identify a book for my girlfriend please. Read in the mid 90's maybe had 'children' in the title. Sci-fi novel about children held captive with woman in a castle after being placed with her through a government forced foster system (children are lent out to childless people for one month). They survive nuclear meltdown and years after by being put into suspended animation. [more inside]
posted by Uncle on Aug 9, 2009 - 5 answers

I found a neat antique book, and now I've tracked down its old owner. He's dead. Should I offer to give it to his children? [more inside]
posted by Salvor Hardin on Jul 25, 2009 - 26 answers

It's probably a long shot, but I'm looking for an old (1980s or older) children's Bible story book I had when I was a kid. I can't quite recall the name, but it might have been called something like "The Children's Bible Story Book." What I remember most about it were the awesome illustrations. Can anyone help? [more inside]
posted by katillathehun on Jul 13, 2009 - 29 answers

Looking for the title/ author of a children's book about an old man who saves a Chinese village by turning into a dragon? [more inside]
posted by mrmarley on Feb 22, 2009 - 3 answers

Does anyone remember the name of a children's book that was a cautionary tale against air pollution? I remember it being a soft cover book w/ that was short and wide. Pictures of factory(s) and people getting and wearing gas masks (as well as dogs)! I can't remember the ending but hopefully my description suffices.
posted by gnash on Jan 16, 2009 - 13 answers

Can anyone suggest inspirational readings for 8th graders? [more inside]
posted by kaozity on Oct 6, 2008 - 15 answers

BookFilter: Help me remember this book about 3 children who go on an "incredible journey" of sorts after their parents fail to pick them up from the hotel's daycare. [more inside]
posted by acoutu on Apr 10, 2008 - 6 answers

Children run away from home and live in a museum -- help me remember this book! [more inside]
posted by NucleophilicAttack on Apr 1, 2008 - 10 answers

What is the first book you remember loving? [more inside]
posted by easy_being_green on Feb 18, 2008 - 147 answers

Please help me remember the title of a particular fictional, young-adult book from the 80s or maybe 90s. [more inside]
posted by poopdbq on Jul 21, 2007 - 5 answers

Another tired name-that-kid's-book-filter question: purple cover (?) paperback, crazy old lady in the neighborhood hosts kids on a rainy day. Something about an elaborate basement in her house, nothing overtly magical involved so far as I remember, but an air of "magical realism" most definitely abounds. [more inside]
posted by joe lisboa on Feb 28, 2007 - 6 answers

Wanted: a book of a learn-to-read cartoon of sorts, likely serialized in a (Chicago?) newspaper, c. 1950-1970. [more inside]
posted by kmennie on Feb 22, 2007 - 2 answers

Children's Story Filter: I'm trying to remember a picture book about a train conductor who had retired. He ended up building a working train that ran through a park, and he gave children tours. [more inside]
posted by cynthia_rose on Feb 19, 2007 - 3 answers

looking for the title and author of a children's book about a polar bear. i don't remember the specifics of the story except for the fact that it ends, approximately, with the line: "polar bear, underwear." what i remember of the story is that the polar bear is on is way to the shower and involves him stripping down to his "polar bear underwear." i remember the artwork being somewhat strange.
posted by defmute on Dec 17, 2006 - 7 answers

BookFilter: I had this book as a child, it contained a number of solomon-like tales, (two mothers claiming a child, true mother didn't want it cut in half, etc.) Except with an Asian flair. It was called Judge Edo, Ito? Anyone? [more inside]
posted by emptyinside on Dec 4, 2006 - 10 answers

KidsBookFilter: Seriously, this was an awesome book... or, at least, that's the way I remember it! I read it in the mid-70s in the 2nd or 3rd grade probably, so it could have been published in the 60s. It was about the ghost of a cat (or the 9 lives of a cat?) that followed it's human family through several generations. That's all I can remember. That and it was an awesome book! So, no, there's not any [more inside]
posted by catcatwomanman on Sep 20, 2006 - 8 answers

How would one go about publishing a children's book? [more inside]
posted by fenriq on Aug 12, 2006 - 8 answers

Historical fiction children's book ID filter: scholars and bandits in 1930s China and bull-jumping children in Rome. [more inside]
posted by nonane on Jul 26, 2006 - 7 answers

Can anyone recommend good books to read to a two-year-old boy who's going to be taking his first airplane trip in ten days? [more inside]
posted by Songdog on May 20, 2006 - 17 answers

I'm looking for a children's book that was a collection of rhymes, based on the alphabet and kids' names. [more inside]
posted by OhPuhLeez on May 9, 2006 - 7 answers

[LongLostChildhoodMemoriesFilter] I am looking for a book that I had as a wee-one, involving a night-time adventure through the city via a boy's imagination and a shoebox diorama. [more inside]
posted by elr on Apr 23, 2006 - 11 answers

BookFilter - I'm trying to remember the title of a book involving two RAF pilots who bail out and end up exploring an underground world. [more inside]
posted by greycap on Mar 6, 2006 - 6 answers

Trying to find an old childrens' book involving a princess who finds a baby dragon. [more inside]
posted by Windigo on Oct 25, 2005 - 3 answers

Another book identification question...This is a childrens' picture book, grade level 2-4(?)... [more inside]
posted by Liosliath on Sep 27, 2005 - 5 answers

What's the title/author of the children's book where a kid makes an airplane out of cookie dough and goes exploring? If I remember correctly, the illustrations were quite plump and billowy.
posted by pmbuko on Jun 3, 2005 - 12 answers

Children'sLitFilter: I am looking for the title of a long ago read children's book that is sort of "Alice in Wonderland"-esque. It involves a little girl going into a fantasy world, but instead of going through the looking glass, she goes into a snow globe. [more inside]
posted by Futurehouse on Apr 20, 2005 - 5 answers

I was looking at mathowie's weblog: a.wholelottanothing.org, and he talked about the "theme" of the baby shower they just had - "bring your absolute favorite book you owned as a child". What was yours? [more inside]
posted by slactoid on Feb 28, 2005 - 67 answers

YetAnotherLostKidsBookFilter: Since people have been so helpful with others, maybe you can help me. (MI) [more inside]
posted by SisterHavana on Jan 8, 2005 - 5 answers

Another forgotten children's book: stories of childhood mischief including one about eating dog biscuits. [MI] [more inside]
posted by slightlybewildered on Jan 1, 2005 - 1 answer

Librarians, parents, readers, ex-kids: can any of you help me remember a long-lost children's book about a bear who learns to be self-reliant? [more inside]
posted by melissa may on Sep 2, 2004 - 7 answers