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There needs to be one. Someone could make good coin building one too.
I've looked for two books that I don't know the titles for 15 years on ebay. Such a site would show thumbnails of book covers listed by genre and year. If anyone knows anything remotely close to this please post. TIA. |
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wrote in message ... There needs to be one. Someone could make good coin building one too. I've looked for two books that I don't know the titles for 15 years on ebay. Such a site would show thumbnails of book covers listed by genre and year. If anyone knows anything remotely close to this please post. TIA. .....and what ARE the books you can't find? Are you looking for pictures, stories, or plots? Kris |
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On Oct 6, 1:33*pm, "Kris Baker" wrote:
....and what ARE the books you can't find? * *Are you looking for pictures, stories, or plots? Two vintage early 60s childrens books i had as a toddler. "Tind = Find" |
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wrote in message ... On Oct 6, 1:33 pm, "Kris Baker" wrote: ....and what ARE the books you can't find? Are you looking for pictures, stories, or plots? Two vintage early 60s childrens books i had as a toddler. "Tind = Find" Any chance of being a little more specific -- like the storyline or a character? |
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On Oct 11, 5:46*pm, "Andycat" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Oct 6, 1:33 pm, "Kris Baker" wrote: ....and what ARE the books you can't find? Are you looking for pictures, stories, or plots? Two vintage early 60s childrens books i had as a toddler. "Tind = Find" Any chance of being a little more specific -- like the storyline or a character? I don't have much to go on. I was too young when these books disappeared. One was about a giant so strong that he could make water appear in his hand by squeezing his fist. Can't remember the cover. The other was a red cover with a big black hole in the ground in the middle with bears (or monkeys?) lowering a lader and rope down into it to rescue people (bears?) at the bottom. |
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lader = ladder
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wrote in message
... On Oct 11, 5:46 pm, "Andycat" wrote: wrote in message ... On Oct 6, 1:33 pm, "Kris Baker" wrote: ....and what ARE the books you can't find? Are you looking for pictures, stories, or plots? Two vintage early 60s childrens books i had as a toddler. "Tind = Find" Any chance of being a little more specific -- like the storyline or a character? I don't have much to go on. I was too young when these books disappeared. One was about a giant so strong that he could make water appear in his hand by squeezing his fist. Can't remember the cover. That's a familiar old fairy tale; the giant uses his first to squeeze water out of stone (not out of his fist). There are many versions, and it appears in many books. Google is your friend: http://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm...gallant_tailor The later version, most familiar to younger people, is from Parents Magazine Press (Seven at One Blow) http://fairytales4u.com/story/sevenat.htm The other was a red cover with a big black hole in the ground in the middle with bears (or monkeys?) lowering a lader and rope down into it to rescue people (bears?) at the bottom. I'm pretty sure that's a school text storybook. It's not Ginn or Scott Foresman. Look for Winston, Laidlaw, Lyons & Carnahan, etc, smaller textbook publishers' primers and school storybooks. Cover, IIRC is monkeys. Kris |
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That's a familiar old fairy tale; the giant uses his first to
squeeze water out of stone (not out of his fist). * *There are many versions, and it appears in many books. Yes that's right! I think he also did it without stones too. Thanks! Wow I never thought I'd get any response. Now to locate the exact book. Thanks thanks thanks! I see a lot on ebay that date late 50s. Mine was later, like 1963-4 area. The other was a red cover with a big black hole in the ground in the middle with bears (or monkeys?) lowering a lader and rope down into it to rescue people (bears?) at the bottom. I'm pretty sure that's a school text storybook. * It's not Ginn or Scott Foresman. Look for Winston, Laidlaw, Lyons & Carnahan, etc, smaller textbook publishers' primers and school storybooks. Cover, IIRC is monkeys. It wasn't a text book. It was a thin 8X6" tell-a-tale type kid's book with only one story in it from around 1963. The story was about these bears (or monkeys) rescuing others in holes. There wasn't really much of a story. I only want it for the novelty/sentimental value. I'd like to narrow the search a little finer. Any further sugestions. TIA. On the cover was a dozen or so bears(?) circled around this hole looking down and one at the bottom. Something to that affect (bear in mind I last seen this book like 40+ years ago) when I was still a toddler). |
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(top-posting on purpose)
Reposting this so it will appear on rec.arts.books.childrens wrote in message ... That's a familiar old fairy tale; the giant uses his first to squeeze water out of stone (not out of his fist). There are many versions, and it appears in many books. Yes that's right! I think he also did it without stones too. Thanks! Wow I never thought I'd get any response. Now to locate the exact book. Thanks thanks thanks! I see a lot on ebay that date late 50s. Mine was later, like 1963-4 area. The other was a red cover with a big black hole in the ground in the middle with bears (or monkeys?) lowering a lader and rope down into it to rescue people (bears?) at the bottom. I'm pretty sure that's a school text storybook. It's not Ginn or Scott Foresman. Look for Winston, Laidlaw, Lyons & Carnahan, etc, smaller textbook publishers' primers and school storybooks. Cover, IIRC is monkeys. It wasn't a text book. It was a thin 8X6" tell-a-tale type kid's book with only one story in it from around 1963. The story was about these bears (or monkeys) rescuing others in holes. There wasn't really much of a story. I only want it for the novelty/sentimental value. I'd like to narrow the search a little finer. Any further sugestions. TIA. On the cover was a dozen or so bears(?) circled around this hole looking down and one at the bottom. Something to that affect (bear in mind I last seen this book like 40+ years ago) when I was still a toddler). ----------------------- http://www.tias.com/7760/InventoryPage/1512921/1.html booksafari.com |
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Man this story spawned a few titles! Like try over a dozen!
"Brave Little Taylor" is as close to the book I had as I've found in one hour of searching: http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-BRAVE-LITTLE...ayphotohosting This cover jogged my memory because I now remember the giant on the cover making a fist with water coming out like this cover shows. I'll probably bid on it anyway. Thanks Kris! |
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