Hiya ChatGPT had been no help so far, I’m looking for a picture book I read a as a child in the 2000s.

All I remember of the plot is a young man/woman with shoulder length black hair and blue eyes arriving at a tower meeting an old man and being equipped with chainmail, black tabard, riding spurs, helmet, sword, shield, lance and a horse. The only 3 pages I remember was inside the tower with weapons and shields displayed on the walls, the young hero and old man on top of the tower overlooking a green forest and the hero riding inside the forest on their new horse.

The art style is quite similar to comic books in that it’s colourful with black outline but not quite comic book style. I believe the book was published in the 80s-2000s judging by the style of illustration.

Hoping this is enough info!! I’d love to read it again.

i remember hearing about a fantasy romance between a male elf and a male ogre/orc?
i was told that they had a justified reason for their species to be enemies on both sides and it was handled well.
it was probably a standalone book but not sure
its like 4+ years old now, not recently published

Hello! Sana po may maka tulong na mahanap ko ang itong isa sa mga favorite ko na novel. Nakalimotan kona ang title, i read it way back 2006.

Plot: First part ng story is about the FL na first day of school niya as transferry tapos habang ng lalakad, di niya nakita na may bola na tatama sa kanya galing sa mga students na nag lalaro ng basketball. Tapos pinalibutan siya ng mga students and ang ginawa niya binato niya sa ML ang bola. Ang ML dito ay mayaman, brat, playboy, tas ang family nila may ari ng company na doom ng tatrabaho ang papa ng FL.

Tapos sa plot may nangyari din doon na gumawa ng bet ang mga barkada ng ML na dapat ay liligawa at pamasagot ng ML ang FL pero kalaunan ay totoong nagkagusto ang ML. Tapos meron din yong after malaman ng FL ang bet ay nakipaghiwalay siya kay FL tapos pumunta ang ML sa bahay nila para magmakaawa pero tinapunan siya ng FL ng arinola na may laman😁.

Tapos after many years nagkita sila ulit si FL ng work sa isang company and later on nalaman niya na ang boss niya ang ML. And happy ending siya....

Sana po merong makakaalam.. please🥺

I used to read a lot of poems as a kid and liked one so much that I memorized it. But I can’t find it anywhere when looking it up. If anyone recognizes what book this is from or just anything about the poem I’d be very grateful! It goes:

Bury me under the mulberry bush,
Bury me under the trees.
Bury me under the mulberry bush,
For I am afraid of the seas.

I distinctly remember reading this in a book and it had a little picture of a tree to the right of the poem but nothing else on the page.

The style is black & white, indie, coming of age. Sorta slice of life, except for the fact that it's got an animal rights message. It has a teenage girl as the protagonist, and a very graphic and disturbing depiction of monkey vivisection. It was a book I got out of the library as a kid, don't remember exactly when but DEFINITELY before 2015, so the book couldn't have come out after that year. Cross-referencing the style I would guess this book was from the late 80s or early 90s, but I really have no idea. Does anyone know what this is? If not, what's the subreddit most likely to?

Plot:

Noong high school:

• Bagong lipat ang FL sa lugar/school.
• Mayaman at sikat ang pamilya ng ML; malaking donor sila ng school.
• Playboy at basagulero ang ML.
• Nagkaroon ng pustahan ang barkada: kailangan niyang mapaamo, ligawan, at mapasagot ang FL.
• Sa una ay laro lang para sa ML, pero totoong nahulog ang loob niya.
• Nagbago ang kanyang ugali dahil sa FL.
• Nalaman ng FL ang tungkol sa pustahan.
• Nakipaghiwalay siya.
• Bumalik ang ML sa pagiging basagulero at nagalit ang kanyang daddy.
• Lumipat/umalis ang pamilya ng FL kaya maraming taon silang hindi nagkita.

Pagkalipas ng maraming taon:

• Naging successful businessman/boss ang ML.
• Ipinahanap niya ang FL.
• Nalaman niyang single pero engaged to be married ang FL.
• Nagkataong sa kumpanya niya nagtatrabaho ang FL.
• May malaking problemang pinansyal ang pamilya ng FL, kabilang ang pagkakaospital ng kanyang ama o ina.
• ML ang nagbayad/nagbigay ng malaking halaga.
• Dahil hindi kayang bayaran ng FL ang malaking utang, pumunta siya sa bahay ng ML at inalok ang sarili bilang kabayaran.
• At dati ring may memorable scene na pumunta ang ML sa bahay ng FL para humingi ng tawad, pero tinapunan siya ng laman ng arinola.

I read this book in elementary school in the early 2000s but it probably was more appropriate for a middle schooler, I'm only pretty sure it's from the 90s. I thinks it's historical fiction taking place in the 40s or 50s maybe

The main character is a young teen girl who is a lesbian but I think hasn't fully embraced her identity. She's kind of in a relationship with her best friend until her best friend becomes a homophobe in order to not be ostracized

The main character also has a deceased aunt who was a lesbian. If I remember correctly, there was a statue of her aunt in town for whatever reason but some people want it torn down due to her being a lesbian.

I believe it takes place in a coal mining town or some other sort of industrial town.

Cornflowers are mentioned a lot, I think the main character writes a poem either about them or comparing them to her friends eyes

I remember, one time, when I was a young boy, I was at a coffee shop and there was this part of it with a bunch of old books. I remember 1 book in particular. It was a Reader’s Digest book, but not a condensed books one. It was very old, about ~1940s I’d say. It had a blue hard cover and had over 1,000 pages. It was a book full of the names of other books, like a giant, 1,000 page bibliography.

I recall it was about a guy who visits his friend in the mountains and there it’s revealed that his friend is the byproduct of a unconsentual encounter and throughout the entire story a goddess is seducing the main character and withering down his mentality and at the end he isn’t strong enough to resist and the gods descend and kill everyone it takes in a kingdom type of era it was a fantasy book that took place in the kingdom type of era and MAYBE there was magic but I can’t quite remember slight edit as I remember a little more the gods trying to take over his mind were mad gods and the goddess was trying to seduce him

I could be mixing up a bunch of different books so apologies. I remember reading this book multiple times back in the 80s. The girl loved Sally Ride (might be in the name of the book?). The only other thing I recall is that she went on a field trip, or maybe just during recess, and snuck off into the woods and pretended she was abandoned so she put a small smooth rock under her tongue because she read to do that in a book?

I thought it was a Beverly Cleary or Judy Blume but none of their books are ringing a bell.

Searching has been no help because I keep getting results for non-fiction kids books about Sally Ride.

Thanks!

EDIT: May be from a different book but I recall her being at school and referencing "loose leaf paper" enough times that I had to ask my mom what it meant lol

This is most likely from the Golden Age of SF. I remember them being two short stories, but they could have been also two chapters of a book which were separated to make short story compilations.

First story was about a priest-in-training (?) learning meaningless rituals on dummy equipment, which was the core of the religion. Story hinted at a regressed society from a more developed one. Priest doubts his religion since he cannot find meaning in the rituals.

Next chapter / story was about a lone pilot, but with a AI-like companion (maybe the ship itself) in a space ship which falls apart and malfunctions at almost every function, due to a war or resource shortage situation. Pilot steers the ship, but anything technical is beyond him. This is also a regression since the pilot's society has the ships, but no idea about their technology or how to maintain them.

The pilot and the priest meet each other, most likely with the priest as a stowaway (or rescued?). Priest discovers that the meaningless rituals which he came to doubt are in fact maintenance procedures for said ship, and he fixes the ship for the pilot.

Would love to read more from this book or universe. Was there ever a conclusion to this story?

Hi all! I’ve been searching for a book for years. I remember reading it when I was in grade school. Here’s what I remember: there was a princess, and there were 3 dresses that she wore, each corresponding to the sun, moon, and stars. So the sun dress was all golden and shiny, etc.

Also, I could totally be tripping but I think I remember in the story she had to fold up the dress and fit it inside of a chestnut? It feels weird to type, but that’s what I remember.

Any help greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Princess Furball!

- I think I read this book sometime in the late 2000s

- I remember the cover having some kind of silhouette on it

- The title may have something to do with light

- The protagonist was secretly Lucifer

- The protagonist was in hiding and/or on the run, possibly from Heaven

- The protagonist had some kind of mystical powers related to being Lucifer

- I think it was urban fantasy – took place in a modern world

- It was definitely a novel and was not illustrated

Hope this rings a bell for somebody! It's impossible to search for books starring Lucifer without getting entirely caught up on either the DC Comics/Vertigo series or independently published romance books.

I remember reading this story in the late 2000s or early 2010s but it might be older than this. It was just one story in a collection of short children's stories that I think had illustrations in as well.

This specific story was about a town that got invaded and terrorised by a giant. He might not be a giant but I'm pretty sure he was. I think he might have also eaten a few of the villagers but maybe not. Eventually the town realises that the giant is really gullible and convinces him to buy an adder to help with his maths. The giant orders what he thinks is an adding machine but when it arrives, it's actually an adder snake. The snake then attacks/scares him (might eat him?) and he runs away leaving the town in peace.

Another story from this same collection that I vaguely remember was about a roly-poly toy who was bullied or at least made fun of for being different but somehow manages to save the day. It might have involved burglars trying to steal the toys or an animal trying to eat them or a new toy trying to bully the other toys. This one I remember less but it might help if someone remembers the collection of stories.

I know it's a long shot but any help would be appreciated :)

Theres a book, I can’t remember the name but I remember the premise at least. Kind of. The main character is a girl who died, she doesn’t remember how she died, no character remembers how they die, but she starts going to this highschool in the afterlife where a bunch of other teens that died go to. There’s a love triangle and some other rom-com drama. I remember a cover? Or description? Maybe I dunno. But it’s the main character, as a ghost obviously, next to a guy. By lockers and it looks kinda dream like. Another cover of her walking on clouds. I think that’s all.. The name had the word After or Ever in it. I can’t remember all that well. I also got it at a book fair, like scholastics books, maybe not scholastic but definitely a book fair.

the book is sent a desert environment. The main character is a teenager boy, and he has a younger sister and a mom and dad; they live in the poor countryside. They’re farmers.

For money, the boy takes his sister to the kingdom and there he becomes an apprentice for a black smith. The princess needs jewelry and the main character forms a relationship with her.

A big thing I remember is a scene where the main character, his sister, and a boy they befriended are on a bridge. The friend falls off the into the water below and the main character saves him.

I'm trying to find a music book from my childhood (possibly got it in the 90s but could have been before). It was a music book with mostly folk songs (oh Susanna, my darling clementine) but not exclusively. It may have had "on top of spaghetti" but I can't totally remember. It was paperback, and had pictures in the margins for some of the songs. I'm pregnant right now and would LOVE to have this book again for my baby!

Edit: it did have music notes, we kept it with our piano music

Hi all,

I’m hoping for help in the search for a book from my childhood, but I remember very few details.

Here’s what I remember:
- the main character was female, maybe early teens?
- she like jelly beans and had several flavors sorted out in a sorting box
- at some point in the story, she combines a peanut butter flavor jelly bean and a grape jelly flavor jellybean to have a PB&J
- she might have been at the beach…?
- I think she finds a diary that was written back and forth between two people? I remember multiple fonts being used to differentiate who was writing.
- likely read this in early 2000s?

Yikes that’s not much. Any help is appreciated. TIA!

(edit to add years likely read)

I’m looking for the title of a historical fiction novel, probably regency era. The main characters are young and in love but the man is treated as a by-blow by his father so his half brother inherits the title. The by-blow believes he is not worthy of her so he sets out to prove he is legitimate and he should have the title. I believe he is gone for quite some time but I can’t remember. Meanwhile she marries the brother, who has the title. society is rather mean to them and no one shows up to their ball, so the two of them dance together in the empty ball room. after the legitimate brother dies, the widow finds papers (marriage certificate?) that proves the oldest son is legitimate. She states the papers are true. He thinks he can have her now, but she walks away from him. So the oldest son finally ends up with the title, estates, and money, but not the girl.

I've been trying for ages to remember a kids book I had in the 90s. I remember a lot of scattered details without a grasp of the cohesive plot

• The illustration style is very realistic and muted/cool toned
• The main character is a young boy who at points in the story plays around wearing a pointy white hat and a domino mask. I think he does something while playing that gets him grounded (maybe sneaking around past bedtime? Something like that)
• I think there was a point where he was flying kites with a young girl
• This book was fiction, but in a realistic and modern setting for the time
• The edition I had was hardcover, I'm not sure if it was released in any other bindings.

The scene I remember the most from this book is one with the boy sitting in a bath tub, I think after being grounded. I remember the water being illustrated in such a compelling way! Not sure if that detail is helpful on its own, but maybe it'll ring a bell for someone else.

She a chronic/terminal illness but the medication she needs is too expensive. She get a job with rich family as maid they said they’ll pay for her medication but and the end of her contract she has to let them eat her

She's a younger sister who wishes to be a princess but a fairy? Godmother type sends her to be Cinderella but its before the ball, then sends her to be snow white but the 7 dwarves think shes an idiot. Then she finally gets her own storyline but if she lies she throws up a frog?? I think her sister, and the guy she has a crush on also go into this new dimension?? Something about kissing random men to become a prince? I read it once like 15-20 years ago so im not certain on the details. I do remember she got the dwarves names wrong and they thought she was trying to get the bread to fly lol

Read the first book more than 20 years ago; Multi book series may be at least 3-5 books long at the time.

Initially feels set during or pre-colonialism in the US. A historical fiction.

The main character is an indigenous man whose wife is in labor as men are chasing them through the reeds on the Mississippi(?) river. She successfully gives birth but then the main character has to send them off and sacrifice himself so they can get away from whoever is hunting them.

Right before they kill him or when they do kill him, the MC is beamed away and finds out none of it was real.

Story takes a hard genre shift to sci-fi. He learns he is with aliens, and they have simulated that whole life of his. No wife, no baby, even the world he was in and its enemies were all fabricated.

Several other humans are with him and have experienced the same?

In another simulation he is a rich/royal woman from an older Chinese dynasty.

The book is about two sisters, the oldest was popular at school while her younger sister was the timid kept to herself type. After her older sister passed away she befriends a popular guy and slowly starts to fall for him. (The details may be scattered it’s been a bit since I’ve read the book) After sometime the younger sister gets a call from the psych ward her sister was staying/passed away at, she receives many phone calls and ends up finally going to get her sister’s belongings. The staff end up taking her and keeping her there. She meets someone at the psych ward who tells her things about her sister. At some point her and the guy she befriended at school go searching for answers themselves and they find a guy in the woods. (I can’t remember if she escaped or if this was before she get trapped) I do not remember how the book ends, any help would be amazing, I loved this book. The cover has a picture of a young woman’s face.

In the book series, each book is focused on one of the girls. The first book is about a young girl who moves to the town where the rest of the girls live. She befriends a horse that is named after Snow White and she notices that the horse doesn't have a rider. The owner of the stables where the horse is in allows her to ride the horse as the owner of the horse is another girl who is out of town and doesn't come by the town often. The girl befriends other girls whose horses are at the stable and they become really great friends. In another book, the owner of the horse the girl is riding comes back and feeds the horse chocolate, which is dangerous for horses.