What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Tony's Treasure Hunt
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SOLVED. children's treasure hunt book with clues in pig latin [s]
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Any idea if older book? Eg. Does it smell like an old Scholastic? Or does the paper seem more recent? Pity it doesn'thave title or author at the top like many do. Are there page numbers?
Does it appear to be a chapter book or picture book?
Mystery in the pirate oakAuthor: Helen Fuller Orton; Robert Doremus
Publisher: Philadelphia : Lippincott, ©1949.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database: WorldCat
Summary:
Chad and Ellie discover they are not alone in their search for a silver box with unknown contents, placed in the hollow of an oak tree sixty years earlier.
Also published by Scholastic.
I've no idea if it's that but hopefully there's some direction IH searching help...
I only have a single page, and it was matted and framed when I bought it, so I can't tell about the smell of it. The Pirate Oak book sounds like a good fit, but when I look at the photos of the book cover, I don't think it matches. I think my book might be a picture book - I added a photo to see if helps.
Thanks for the picture. Looks interesting and yes a picture book. Guessing from illustration style from 1950s-70s maybe. But don't immediately recognize illustrator. Hmmm.
The case of the stolen code bookAuthor: Barbara Rinkoff; Leonard W Shortall
Publisher: New York : Crown, ©1971.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English
Database: WorldCat
Summary:
When he is not asked to join the Secret Agents Club, the new boy next door sets out to prove he would be a worthy member. Includes the codes of the Secret Agents' Club Code Book.
39 p.
code title, secret keyword, with that year range on worldcat.
Does remind me of Leonard Shortall's illustrations. Could that be it?
http://www.hartsfinebooks.com/pages/b...Internal illustration here.
Check bookfinder.com abebooks.com eBay for copies.
That sounds promising... I purchased a copy to determine if it is. If not, well my nephew will have a fun book to read.
Let us know if or not. I'm curious. Hard to tell from the internal ill. whether it matches yours.
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Encyclopedia Brown series are chapter books, b&w ill.
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http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykid...
I've read The Secret Three. It does not match.
Is there anything on the other side of the page? About what size is the paper?
SparksofEmber wrote: "Is there anything on the other side of the page? About what size is the paper?"Hard to tell, because the image was matted and framed. I can't take apart the mat; it's permanently mounted. The matted page fits into an 11 x 14 frame.
Steph, are you certain it's from a book? Could it be from a kids' magazine from the 60s, like Highlights?
Tab wrote: "Steph, are you certain it's from a book? Could it be from a kids' magazine from the 60s, like Highlights?"Hmmm. I was assuming that it was, but it could be a magazine. I bought it from a vendor who had taken old children's books that were falling apart and separated and matted pages for framing. It appealed to me because of the treasure hunt aspect. I'm hoping that it is "The case of the stolen code book" that I purchased as mentioned in the thread. Won't know until it arrives.
I hate to say it, but it's not "The case of the stolen code book". I just read it over at OpenLibrary (click & register to read it) and that picture wasn't there.
Just for elimination, I checked and it is NOT
(originally published 1963) or
(1980) - the illustrations don't match at all.
Thank you for the winnowing out the possibilities. No worries on the book I bought I have nieces and nephew who will love it I'm sure. As soon as I get back to my laptop, I'll join the hunt.
I just found it! (I've never explored OpenLibrary in depth before - it is awesome!) It is Tony's Treasure Hunt - you can read it online, too! I know what's in the silver box! ;)
Sweet! Thanks for the help finding it! I'm super excited to know, and for the introduction to Open Library as well.
I didn't receive email about the solution though I visited this thread. That's excellent congratulations! Do you have to pay to use Open Library? I've only browsed the site when searching previously but didn't know everyone was eligible to use it, or are there restrictions?
Good to see it was a Scholastic after all, and the size matches and illustration style.
From what I see, it depends on the book. Not all books are available as ebooks to view right there.
It would be nice to read this book via OpenLibrary but apparently someone needs to "Return the book" so someone else can borrow the ebook.
I had forgotten to return it but gave it back 2 hours ago. There's apparently 3 people in line behind the current reader. Just be patient. Hopefully Steph has it as she was the original requester.
OK. Meanwhile I've read six picture books. Great site.
What's the Name of That Book???
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The pig-latin words for rocks and box are underlined. All my searching for various combinations of "children's book, treasure hunt, pig-latin clues" seems to turn up nothing.
Any one read this? I'm intrigued and really want to know what's in that darned silver box.