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SOLVED. Children's Picture book. Two kids go on day trip (with school or parents) to post office, market, and beach. Read late 1980s. [s]
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Dec 30, 2021 10:36AM
I'm trying to find a picture book I had at my grandparents as a child (it would have been in the late 80s but it was my grandparents' house so it could have been older) - it featured two children, a girl and a boy, and they were either on a school field trip or out on a day trip with their parents. They visited the post office, the market, and the beach. I remember at the beach they collected things like seaweed and shells. This isn't much to go on but I remember the pictures so vividly but can't come up with more of the story or a title! Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi Brittany,Do you know if it's an American or British (or other) setting? Maybe you have some hints from the post office colours? (Which country are you based in?).
Anything about the market in particular? An outdoor, farmer's market setting, or indoor? Just fruit and vegetables, or..?
Do you know the approximate ages of the kids? Old enough to wander off on their own, or toddler/hand-holding age? (Can they see over the counter tops?)
And about the art style - how would you describe it? Richly detailed, or cartoony? Watercolours or bright and bold? Realistic faces? (Can you remember what the kids wore? Old fashioned dress on the little girl, maybe?). Any other details at the beach? Did they have pails and shovels or bathing suits / swimming costumes?
Hi! Thanks for your questions, I'll do my best to answer them :)This was an American book. The children were school-aged. I don't really remember anything about the post office except that there was an envelope I believe they dropped off for mailing. The market was indoors like a grocery store. They talked about some of the things you find at a market (like fruits and vegetables). I'm pretty sure it showed money or coins and said they were needed to buy groceries. For the beach section the kids collected items from a tide pool. I believe the premise of the book was focused on the items used or acquired at each stop on their day trip and it was written in first person (something like "Here we are at the beach, we used our shovel and pail and collected seaweed, stones and seashells.").
The images were very cartoon-y with bright colors and bold outlines. What I remember of the style reminds me of the Stanley book series by William Bee or the Jessie books by Harriet Ziefert. Hope this helps!!
Going Places by Frances Lawton? There's only a snippet view available on Google Books, which isn't very useful, but there's a copy on archive.org:https://archive.org/details/goingplac...
Oh my gosh, that's it!!! Wow!!! I have been trying to remember for YEARS! Thank you so much!Happy New Year!
Glad I could help! Happy New Year to you too :)
