Take me back to my childhood.

June 3, 2006 9:13 PM

Help me remember a children's book. I wish I had more details than I do, but here goes: The plot is something like an intrepid group of kids solving mysteries (or something). The striking part of the book are the great illustrations of a city, very detailed. I'm pretty sure it's set in London, probably a British book, as sometimes when I see London on TV and movies I have a vague recollection of this book. (Guess this means I'm getting old). I would marvel at the attention to detail of the city...they're weren't really like the over-the-top "Where's Waldo?" type of detail, but they certainly blew my young mind. I don't remember it having a lot of text, so I'm thinking it was mainly a picture book, with minimal story, though I could be wrong about that. This ring a bell with anyone?

I don't know if it was just one book or if there was a series of them, I think the latter probably. I read them sometime in the 80s, though they could've been made earlier.

posted by zardoz to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

Sally Lockhart Mysteries? Seems that was set in London - but probably more text than what you're trying to remember.
posted by Gerard Sorme at 9:45 PM on June 3, 2006

The Boxcar Children?
posted by whatisish at 8:11 AM on June 4, 2006