need help remembering a childrens book

October 23, 2005 12:11 AM

ok heres a toughie, im 24, when i was really younger say around 10 i had this childrens book, i vaguely remember anything about it ...

i THINK it was about 2 kids, a boy and girl, and a bear, or monster of some sort... it was amazingly artworked, real nice, it was a large book with big pages.. heres the thing, it was set to classical music and came with an audio tape that went along with the story, i think the kids used weopons of some sort to attack the bear/monster.... any one remember anything like this??

posted by airnxtz to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

You might try the abebooks BOOKSLEUTH forum.

The folks there are vastly knowledgeable and often find titles based on questions like yours in minutes.

Fun to read too.
posted by Expat at 12:27 AM on October 23, 2005

Best answer: Sounds a little like Peter and the Wolf, only the characters you mention don't quite match.
posted by JanetLand at 7:34 AM on October 23, 2005

Expat, thanks for the link to Booksleuth, I didn't know it existed and appreciate your post. Sorry, no ideas for the op.
posted by LadyBonita at 11:46 AM on October 23, 2005

There are dozens of versions recorded; the one I recall was narrated by Burl Ives (or crazy: Orson Welles?), and I suspect this is the same version you grew up with, airnxtz. There are versions by Patrick Stewart, Sting, and the one I'd buy today has Bono.
posted by dhartung at 7:34 PM on October 23, 2005

not exactly your record, but in the ballpark


The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales mp3s

http://audium.blogspot.com/2005/10/haunted-house-and-other-spooky-poems.html
posted by pantufla at 10:41 PM on October 24, 2005