My first children’s book!

There’s a book I read as a kid and I can’t remember if for the life of meeee. All I can remember is a girl is told to not go out to the woods by her mum and she goes out in the night, and it’s snowing outside and she goes into the woods and it’s beautiful at first and then all these creepy creatures and stuff reveal themselves and she runs back home. I used to love it as a kid and would love to read it again for the memoriesss

I am looking to find the title of a picture book I used to have as a child. The book had incredible illustrations and I can’t seem to jog my memory on the title. I believe the setting is New York City, and it follows the story of a girl who goes around the city with her grandmother and visits a museum, bookstore, the zoo to see the penguins, and there is another few pages where we can see the inside of her room. Something about magic playing cards, a magic stone inside of a book as well… Does anybody know what this book is?

I've already posted some arts on my art account through ig and twitter/x, but I wanna showcase my art that fits for books cover or illustrations. Should I make an illustration examples from popular existing stories like Alice and wonderland, red riding hood, etc.. in my art style? Thank you!

The book had a section about a kid who went to a school full of monsters collecting 100 different pieces of candy in sets of 5 to use for a show and tell project. It was like “5 marshmallow bats and 5 licorice rats” or something like that.

And later on in the book was another story about a class of pirates. I think they were trying to retrieve a chest of treasure, I don’t fully remember.

Just, a book about school related stories where a kid collects 5 of several different types of candy and another story where there’s pirates.

I’ve tried posting this in what’s that book about 3 years ago and never got anything so I thought I’d try here. I’ve looked on Google and even tried ChatGPT but came up with nothing.

I do not know this books name or author or any of the characters names. My great grandmother used to read it to me all the time and since her passing one of my aunts had looked through the books and could not find it. All I remember is it's about a little green bird boy who gets a new little sister at least I’m pretty sure they’re green). He isn't fond of her and some things I remember from the book is he won't let her in his tree house and has her put stuff in a basket for him to bring up with a rope and I think at the end they get ice cream and he finally likes her.

I think the book was maybe from late 80’s early 90’s but I don’t know for sure. It was colored and looked more hand drawn and was more flimsy - not a hardcover/cardboard type book.

I know it's not much to go on at all but me and my family have looked for it everywhere but cannot find it, so l thought l'd come and see if anyone else remembers this book at all.

Thank you!

I'm looking to buy a poetry book for an 8 year old. She's into animals, witches and funny stuff. Any recommendations?

Good morning!

I love reading to my little one, and have experience reading to toddlers and elementary-aged children as an ESL teacher. I’ve been thinking about creating a YouTube channel where I read children’s books. The problem lies in finding books that I can read without infringing on copyright. So, I’m wondering if there are any authors out there that would allow me to read their book(s). I can share more information about myself if you’re interested.

Thank you! :)

Things I can remember about this book (i can't remember much). I feel like if i saw the cover I would know.
May have been british

Was completely illustrated in colour.

It must have been made around 1995-2005.
I cant quite rember what the book was about but i remember 2 pages vividly.

A big bad wolf was sat under a bridge with a couple of other "bad guys" eating a sandwich that had little piglets in the bread.

Although it had a big bad wolf in it, it wasnt a story about red riding hood or the three little pigs.

There was a big page with i believe to be a wedding cake with little teddy bears (could be wrong about teddys) that jump out for a surprise attack dress in kung fu outfits.

may be able to force my memory to remember more if needed

I feel like there was a hot air balloon either in the story or on the front cover.

unfortunately it's neither of those. The book sounds really morbid by the description of the page that I remember but I think it was aimed towards younger children.

The book was fully illustrated with only a couple of words on each page.

Hi friends! I’m trying to figure out an illustrated book from my childhood about a snowy owl who loses all of its feathers and gets a sunburn (I think it was moulting). The end of the book the owl emerges into the winter sky with brilliant white feathers for a happy ending. Anyone have any ideas? If this doesn’t work, I may be losing it!

Thanks your help in advance!

Hi! I have been looking everywhere for a book title, for a children's book (possibly part of a series) from the late 90's early 2000s about a young girl and her family traveling west on the Oregon trail, from the POV of the young girl. Multiple members of the family die including the mom (who I believe had a baby during the journey) and in the end the young girl has to raise her youngest sibling. It is not "Across the Wide and lonesome prairie" as I just finished that novel thinking it was the correct one and it was sadly not. But with years of googling I have yet to find the correct one! If anyone has any ideas I would be so appreciative!

It all started with a female narrator captivating a group of kindergarten children with a tale. The story centered on a girl living in a bustling city, much like New York City, with its grey skies and bustling traffic. Despite the chaos of urban life, the girl resided in a small house (red roof) nestled among towering skyscrapers and apartments. One day, her mother entrusted her with the task of delivering cookies to her grandmother. However, during her journey, she mysteriously disappeared.

Following her disappearance, law enforcement agencies launched a massive search operation to find the missing girl. Despite their relentless efforts, they struggled to pinpoint her whereabouts. Each turn of the page in the illustrated book unfolded with increasing intensity as more law enforcement agencies, including the City Police, Sheriff, SWAT, FBI, helicopters, and K9 units, joined the search, heightening the suspense and urgency of the narrative.

Yet, in the end, the female narrator sadly admitted they couldn't find the girl, leaving the children listening to her story with tears in their eyes. Nevertheless, the narrator offered an alternate, happier ending where the girl safely reunited with her grandmother.

I recall reading this book between the ages of 6 and 8, and I'm now 24.

I even tried to find the book using ChatGPT, but I couldn't find it.

I'm looking for the title of a novel in which a young girl, I think a boarding school student, falls into a bear trap in the woods and is rescued by an old somewhat demented woman who keeps her against her will in a cabin in the woods. This is just one incident in the book, not the main theme. 'Does anyone know the title of the book? I read it in the 1960s.

Hello everyone! I recently heard about this book from a tiktok and as my native language isn’t english I didn’t really have any foreign books when I was little. This book seems very wholesome and cute and I was wondering if it would work as a gift for a significant other? I know the book is about the love between a parent and their child but is it that obvious or could it pass as love between two people?

I'm a single dad and have noticed that most of the books that I come across or already have use the mom as the main source of safe/calm/comfort...especially with story's about going to bed. Are there more books than Mercers critter books that make the father just as important for those situations?! Thanks in advance.

I’ve been trying to find this book for years. It was my favorite as a kid. It was a creepy picture book about a haunted house. Each page was a different part of the house. The thing that stood out the most was that it had really gruesome drawings in the border around each page with images of severed heads and bones and dripping blood, ect. I seem to remember it having kind of a MAD magazine drawing style, at least in the borders. As for the timeframe, I was checking it out of my grade school library in 1984-ish so it was probably from the seventies or early eighties. Any ideas or guesses are very welcome.

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I have this vague memory of a book from my childhood that had beautiful illustrations, with lots of animals in it. I think the main character was a money and I think I remember a scene that it made a mistake and like was trying to catch a vine and fell? There was also flamingos wearing sunglasses and polar bears and it's driving me crazy. Chat GPT was no help

They're so familiar, I just can't remember some of them!!

I know

2. Tin Man

3. Madeline

4. Mad Hatter

5. Cat in the Hat

6. Man in the Yellow Hat (Curious George)

7. Babar the Elephant

8. Davy Crocket

I read an illustrated children's book in the 80s that was about a boy taking a boat ride with his grandfather (or maybe Uncle). They got caught in a storm and ended up crashed in a zoo. In addition, I remember that one of the crew on the boat looked like Frankenstein's monster and played an organ that was also on the boat (weird, I know).

I would be very grateful to anyone that remembers the title of this book. It had great illustrations and I wanted to share it with my daughter.

Thanks!

Photo from the 90s. It appears there’s an alligator or crocodile on the cover. Thanks!

Know your audience. You read this again and again everywhere. Its important to appeal to the parents as much as it is to be of good service for the child.

I have some rules I apply to my books - no violence, no politics, have a happy end, support learning... and so on.

But in terms of the topic itself, the theme and tje setting: this is different in every book.

What are red flags for you anf even more important, what would you make buy a book?

Thank you! Marsky

I can vaguely recall this book being about an extra ordinary/boring man in a very ordinary house with an ordinary life, and somehow he ends up with his normal life/house/living room under the ocean in a bubble or something similar. I remember the difference between the words "extra ordinary" and the word "extraordinary" was featured a lot.

No idea its age, I would have read it in the later 80s, so at least I know it was written before that