Blue book of my childhood
November 19, 2005 1:20 PM Subscribe
Half-remembered children's BookFilter:
It was a large-format book about a storm, and a lady who lived in a tree, and pirates. What I recall about it was that it was hardcover, filled up my whole lap when I was a kid, and every page was filled with different shades of blue and green. If I recall correctly, the lady who lived in the tree had a little dog; and there were a pair of kids who ran off to join the pirates; but I may also be conflating two different books. The one I'm looking for had all these different spectacular shades of blue.
It was a large-format book about a storm, and a lady who lived in a tree, and pirates. What I recall about it was that it was hardcover, filled up my whole lap when I was a kid, and every page was filled with different shades of blue and green. If I recall correctly, the lady who lived in the tree had a little dog; and there were a pair of kids who ran off to join the pirates; but I may also be conflating two different books. The one I'm looking for had all these different spectacular shades of blue.
Was there any other unusual formatting, like holes in the pages, for instance?
posted by interrobang at 1:24 PM on November 19, 2005
posted by interrobang at 1:24 PM on November 19, 2005
...because if there was, it might have been a Tove Janssen book.
posted by interrobang at 1:32 PM on November 19, 2005
posted by interrobang at 1:32 PM on November 19, 2005
No idea on your book, but Loganberry's Children's books solved mysteries page is searchable: try pirates, tree, treehouse, etc, and sift through the results. If you can't find it there, you can post a "Stump the Bookseller" query at the same site; I've had better luck with lost kids' books at Loganberry than at ABE's Booksleuth.
posted by ellanea at 3:33 PM on November 19, 2005
posted by ellanea at 3:33 PM on November 19, 2005
This is very unlikely because of the colors, but could it be The Great Piratical Rumbustification & the Librarian and the Robbers by Margaret Mahey?
posted by jessamyn at 6:10 PM on November 19, 2005
posted by jessamyn at 6:10 PM on November 19, 2005
Response by poster: Miss Twiggly's Tree was definitely one of the two books I was thinking of - thanks, Gator! Seeing it made me realize that the pirate book was an entirely separate book.
posted by ikkyu2 at 7:08 PM on November 19, 2005
posted by ikkyu2 at 7:08 PM on November 19, 2005
My mom just returned Miss Twiggley's Tree to me a month ago, as a gift for my new daughter. I love that woman and her friendly tree-dwelling bears.
posted by Yogurt at 2:08 PM on November 22, 2005
posted by Yogurt at 2:08 PM on November 22, 2005
(Er, I meant Miss Twiggley, although I love my mom too.)
posted by Yogurt at 2:09 PM on November 22, 2005
posted by Yogurt at 2:09 PM on November 22, 2005
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posted by rebirtha at 1:23 PM on November 19, 2005