Children's Picture book with flaps, read in 1980s. Little boy hides in various places in the house (e.g., "Is he in the cupboard?").

[Chelle]

Hi, I'm looking for a book that I read to my children in the 1980s. It was a flap book about a little boy hiding in various places in the house. For instance, you'd see a picture of a cupboard and the book quote would be something like "is he in the cupboard?" and then open the flap to show it empty with the book quote being, "no, he's not in the cupboard, where can he be" I think the ending is that they find him in his bed.

[Kris]

Chelle, you need to add genre (e.g., children's picture book) and plot details (from your comments) to the topic header (title), so someone can recognize your book from that description alone.

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[Kris]

Chelle, I added genre and plot details to the topic header, so your book might be recognized from the header alone. Many members only read the headers.

Feel free to update by it clicking the small "edit" link after the header. This only works on the full Desktop website - not the Mobile website or app. (On the Mobile website, there's a "Desktop version" link at the bottom of the page.)

- Is his mother, friend, etc. looking for him? Are they playing a game or is he avoiding going to bed?

- Can you describe the illustrations - e.g., simple or detailed, realistic or cartoon-like, painted watercolors or bold graphics, bright or dark colors, black & white? Do they remind you of a similar illustrator or picture book author?

[Molly]

Is it Hide and Seek: A Lift-Up Surprise Book by Arnold Shapiro? The one on Amazon doesn’t have the contents, but I’ve got a copy I can dig out if you think it might be it! (I should be able to recite it, given how many times I’ve read it my daughters!) The boy’s name is Danny and he’s found under the chair cushion at the end of the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Hide-Seek-Lift...

[Rainbowheart]

Hide and Seek for Molly's suggestion.