I've been trying to find a book I read as a kid, way back in the mid-to-late-seventies. My memories are sketchy, but this is what I've got:
About a girl growing up in a small community, maybe in the mountains, or maybe just very rural. She had an extended family which included two unmarried aunts and a grandfather. It took place over a summer. She thought her first period was the result of eating a large amount of strawberries. It was written in first-person perspective, I think.
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posted by Brody's chum
on Jan 15, 2013 -
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NameThatKid'sBookFilter, Take 20,896: trying to recall the name of an unusually funny choose-your-own-adventure-type book I read back in the proverbial day. Here's all the info I can recall:
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posted by julthumbscrew
on May 4, 2012 -
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Librarian/KidsBookFilter: I want to get a friend's imminent arrival a very specific species of stuffed animal with a related story book for 4-year-old big sister... Oz-tastic teeny tiny little snowflake details to follow...
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posted by OneMonkeysUncle
on Jul 8, 2011 -
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What book is this? Kid's fiction set in WWII Britain, featuring a crashed german plane and a salvaged machine gun.
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posted by werkzeuger
on May 22, 2010 -
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Book filter: Kid's sci-fi, boy has to read to chicken brain in jar to make it smarter. Of course, it becomes evil.
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posted by cosmicbandito
on Nov 29, 2009 -
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What are the cleverest, wittiest picture books you know? I'm looking for something you might recommend to a very smart kid who is still young enough to prefer picture books to chapter books. Another way of putting is, I'm looking for the picture book equivalent of McSweeney's.
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posted by yankeefog
on Apr 21, 2009 -
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ChristmasNostalgiaFilter: Help me find the book that introduced me to Sherlock Holmes as a kid.
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posted by rwhe
on Dec 23, 2008 -
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I'm creating a book for a nephew's upcoming 5th birthday. I want to use photos I have of him and his family as the illustrations, altered in Photoshop to look more like illustrations (like a normal kids' book) than photos, but I'm not so good with the filters...
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posted by donnagirl
on Jul 8, 2005 -
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HeyLookIt'sAnotherChildren'sBookFilter! Way back when during a John Bellairs kick I read a horror/comedy/fantasy-themed series about a town that the Devil frequently visited (or perhaps set up) and the adventures of its townspeople. [More vague details inside]
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posted by schroedinger
on Jan 19, 2005 -
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