Name this Children's book! I had this book as a child, and I would like to find it again both for myself and my own child's library. I only remember the vaguest details: 1) it focused on a band of characters traveling somewhere, 2) each character had a particular power or unique ability, 3) I think one of the guys had the ability to conjour bees or wasps (he may have even dressed as one), 4) the leader resembled Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, 5) at one point they went into a huge cave with lots of steps and paths, 6) one of the characters may have been able to shoot fire. That's all I remember. Any guesses?
posted by bjork24 on Oct 13, 2009 - 4 answers

Please help identify a book I read as a child in the late 80s or early 90s. It was either a series of books on ghosts, vampires, etc., or maybe just one book broken down into sections. Humorous text describing different types of each creature, with black and white line drawings. I remember the tone being funny, not scary. Bonus scifi name-this-book inside if this one isn't ringing a bell. [more inside]
posted by Stacey on Oct 5, 2007 - 4 answers

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] [more inside]
posted by schroedinger on Jan 19, 2005 - 3 answers

Looking for a book. Read in Quitslund's class at GWU in 1994. It is a book set in near-future California/Southwest. I want to say that it is called something like "Into the Valley of Light" but that's not it. Main character is a woman. Another character is named Mark. Water is scarse in the novel. If memory serves it was written by a woman.
posted by n9 on May 10, 2004 - 5 answers

I need your help in tracking down a small book of what I believe were Chinese fables/parables/moral lessons that I read as a child. Luckily, I do remember one of the stories...[more inside] [more inside]
posted by vacapinta on Apr 9, 2004 - 8 answers