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TBT to Forgotten Children's Books Part V

Remember these childhood classics? Take yourself (or your kids and grandkids!) down memory lane.

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  • First published in 1975. Remember the giant piles of pasta spilling from the pot?
    Book, 1988New York : Simon & Schuster, [1988] — E DEPAOLA
  • First published in 1942. Remember the little puppy who sneaks out under the fence?
    Book, 2003New York, NY : Golden Books, 2003. — E LOWREY
  • First published in 1980. Remember when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnaps the prince instead of the princess, and it's up to Princess Elizabeth to save him?
    Streaming Video, 2014[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC : Made available through hoopla, 2014. — Streaming Hoopla Video
  • First published in 1930. Remember when the little train carrying toys breaks down and no one will help until a little blue train comes along?
    eBook, 2005New York : Philomel Books : in association with Grosset & Dunlap, 2005. — Overdrive eBook
  • First published in 1972. Remember when Julie runs away from her Alaskan village and learns to survive by watching a wolf pack?
    Book, 1972New York : Harper & Row, [1972] — J GEORGE
  • First published in 1948. Remember Sal who goes blueberry picking with her mother only to discover a little bear likes blueberries too?
    Book, 1976New York : Viking Press, 1976, c1948. — E MCCLOSKEY
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    a Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business

    Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002
    First published in 1940. Remember the peddler who tries to outwit some silly monkeys?
    Book, 1985New York : Harper & Row, [1985] — E SLOBODKINA
  • First published in 1985. Remember the mischievous kids in Room 207 and what happens to them when witchy substitute teacher Miss Viola Swamp appears?
    Book, 1977Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977. — E ALLARD
  • First published in 1991. Remember when Marty comes across a young beagle that he suspects is being mistreated by his owner?
    Book, 1991New York : Atheneum ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International Pub. Group, 1991. — J NAYLOR
  • First published in 1912. Remember Judy the orphan, who is required to write one letter a month to her mysterious benefactor, and all she knows about him is that he is tall and wealthy?
    eBook, 2011New York : Random House, 2011. — Overdrive eBook
  • First published in 1960. Remember the baby bird who goes out looking for his mother, but having just hatched, has no idea what his mother looks like?
    Book, 1988New York, New York : Beginner Books, 1988. — ER EASTMAN
  • First published in 1956. Remember Old Yeller, the stray dog that young Travis befriends who saves their family while his father is off on a cattle drive?
    eBook, 2009Pymble, NSW ; New York, NY : HarperCollins e-books, 2009. — Overdrive eBook
  • First published in 1973. Remember Billy, who always accepts people's dares no matter how silly, and this time, it's to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days?
    eBook, 2016New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2016. — Overdrive eBook
  • First published in 1998. Remember when Stanley is sent to a detention center and has to dig a hole each day that's five feet wide and five feet deep?
    Book, 2008New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2008. — J SACHAR